Simchat Bat Or Not

It was a lovely Shabbos today except that ND was very sad for a number of hours. We're not sure why yet... I have a couple of theories... but suffice it to say she screamed for quite some time and had to be nursed more often than not throughout the day.

Now, I was hoping that next Saturday night we could have a Simchat Bat, or a celebration for a daughter. Since boys have a bris or circumcision ceremony, it seemed right. I was going to have over women only to introduce to my little girl. That would keep it smaller, more intimate etc., but I still had 25 names on my guest list.

However, after all those tears, it no longer seems like such a good idea. I've been procrastinating on actually inviting my guests, and I think I see why now. Truth be told, we've been relieved to have no obligation for doing a shindig since we didn't have a boy, so I think we should appreciate the flexibility our situation provides.

Maybe when she's a month old we can try again.

I'm not sure yet if I'm disappointed or relieved. I think mostly I'm just sort of worn out by the difficult afternoon we had.