I thought I was going to be that woman who was never good with kids, because I was all bookish, and lived in my head, and couldn't stand other people, and I'm the youngest by ten years, and then I had nephews, and I was like "these are awesome little creatures", and then later, I started babysitting and teaching little kids Torah school, and I was like "goddamn, I like them. I really like them. They're so smart with everything they're learning, all at once! And I'm not screwing them up, somehow!"

So yeah, I didn't have any real contact with babies either until recently.