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Having a baby nowadays is almost
considerend as being sick.
We've decided to be sick
Mama's precious boy
The problem is not having someone to make a family with,
because I already have it.
We've been together for 6 years and lived together for 3,
so there is no problem about that.
The problem is job's world and its insane rules
If I'd been fired because of maternity,
as many collegues of mine,
we'd never been able to grow up a child.
But our desire to be parents was so strong.
We're young, didn't want to wait any longer
so we found a solution.
Matteo was a real surprise.
At first it was hard, but then, step by step,
we've learnt to accept him as he is
and now we're totally in love with him.
He's always happy, never cries...
...he doesn't cry at night which is great.
We leave him alone in his room and he's quiet,
and if we don't take him he doesn't move...
...but mostly we don't spend any money,
for his babyfood and all baby expensive stuff...
we can leave him at home all day while we're at work
and we don't feel the need of a babysitter or kindergarten.
Matteo is our little angel,
he always looks at you happily...
Of course, he doesn't interact with other children yet
but it's too soon, he has time for that...
if he takes from his dad...
My parents are enthusiastic
her parents too...
it took a while for them...
maybe because we didn't need them
as you usually do with grandparents
so they felt put aside,
but now it's all right, they love him as everybody does.
We try to stay with him as long as possible
taking care of him, washing him with specific products
and Francesca is great with that.
...so we're nice and scented
my good boy who doesn't cry, my sweetheart...
Fears...
that not everybody will accept him as we did,
that his smile and his quietness
will be seen in a bad sense.
I have the extreme fear
that Matteo will ask me to swim.
As if Pinocchio wanted to be a fire-eater
My biggest fear is that
he will ask me to try when he'll be older
and I don't know how I will tell him no.
No regrets,
I would do everything again from the beginning.
Being father is wonderful
I think people shouldn't stop having children
just because we're not given the means.
A child is a weapon against the crisis, not a burden.
We hope that many other couples
will have the heart to do the same as us.
As Francesca says,
a child is not a disease but a cure.
Valentina Granello Alessandro Ferrari introducing Giulia
production Irene Gualtieri music by Chopin performed by Dalila Campo
script, directing and editing Sara Spinelli