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"  Celebrity couple Beyonc\u00E9 and Jay-Z reportedly made their first public appearance with little Blue Ivy Carter at a New York City restaurant. Everyone seems to be in a tizzy over the fact that Beyonc\u00E9 was wearing Isabel Marant Bekket High-Top Sneakers and leather leggings, including yours truly. I mean, what&amp;#039;s not to like? She&amp;#039;s comfortable and sexy! It&amp;#039;s a classic new mom look! But what Beyonc\u00E9 wore is not really of importance here. When I first saw the photos of the trio, I can see that Queen B is already playing the doting mother, holding baby Blue closely to her chest and covering her face with a blanket. And can you blame her? The first time I took my son Aiden out for fresh air, I did the exact same thing. Granted, I am not a celebrity mom and the paparazzi were never out to get a picture of my adorable son, but I remember my fears as a newbie mom, and can only imagine how Beyonc\u00E9 must feel right now.  Aiden was born on October 28, and I brought him home from the hospital on October 30. He did not feel fresh air again until December 24 because I didn&amp;#039;t take him out of our apartment. Wait, no; that&amp;#039;s not true\u2014I took him to my cousin&amp;#039;s place on Thanksgiving three weeks after he was born. I bundled him up\u2014making sure to cover everything (including his face)\u2014went straight from my apartment building into a car, and then straight from the car into my cousin&amp;#039;s place. When it was time to go home, I repeated the entire process.  Friends and family members who knew I hadn&amp;#039;t left my apartment thought I&amp;#039;d gone crazy. Although I was suffering from cabin fever, I was too terrified to take my perfect newborn infant out into the dirty, disgusting world replete with germs. Dramatic, I know, but it&amp;#039;s how I felt at the time. And besides the germs, there were so many other things that I feared.  What if I tripped on one of the cracks in the sidewalk and dropped him? I can be a total klutz sometimes, you know. What if the loud noises of the streets of Brooklyn, NY scared him? It is the Concrete Jungle, you know.  What if someone came up to him and\u2014gasp!\u2014touched him? You know how people love newborn babies, but what if that person infected Aiden with something. He hadn&amp;#039;t gotten all of his shots yet and I didn&amp;#039;t want to chance it. Worst yet, what if I touched something and then touched Aiden and he got sick from that? How could I live with myself? So I controlled the situation as best as I could: by staying home where it was safe from germs, cracks in the sidewalk, and loud noises.  By the time my sister convinced me to take a stroll around the block with Aiden, he&amp;#039;d already outgrown all of his 0-3 months clothing that he never got to wear! So I dressed him in his 3-6 months clothing and attempted to walk around the block, but I chickened out and only made it halfway down the street before turning around and going home.  Sources say that Beyonc\u00E9, Jay-Z, and baby Blue left the restaurant after about half an hour or so, and I don&amp;#039;t blame &amp;#039;em. New parent jitters will do that to ya!  Alicia Harper, M.A., Ed.M. is a single mother, freelance writer, blogger, and recent graduate of Columbia University who&amp;#039;s now a mental health therapist. Her life is filled with all things pink, except for the one bit of blue\u2014her rambunctious 4-year-old son. Together they make a great pair, and Alicia chronicles the trials and triumphs of being a young, single mother living in NYC at Mommy Delicious. Find her on Facebook and Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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