No baby in the house

You know there’s no longer
a baby in the house,
when mama can wear
a designer silk blouse.

Or there isn’t a diaper
draped over her shoulder.
And her finger is no longer
a pacifier holder.

On her lobes she now wears
earrings that dangle.
Without fear
tiny fingers will mangle.

Another clue
is the purse she carries.
It need not double
as a portable dairy.

And instead of resembling
a suitcase in size,
it can be small and match
the shoes mother buys.

True, the baby stage,
she is no longer at.
Yet now mother must don,
the chauffeur’s hat!