You hold in your hands a book that deals with life. Not in philosophical, biological, or psychoanalytic terms, but in a philosophical, biological, and psychoanalytic way. It is a book that brings us closer to the experience of creating life, being born, and taking our first steps in a strange world. It is a book that speaks of an experience. An oasis of experience that penetrates and transforms. Hilda Botero manages to present in a serious, formal, and intimate way the processes that make up babyhood, as she calls it, through ideas, concepts, observations, and images. She manages to show in detail the emotional movements invisible to the naked eye, opening the doors and windows to the most human and, possibly, the most neglected experience of life. All in all, she proposes and defines a model of observation, care, and accompaniment of babies, taking into account their mothers and fathers, with a richness, power, and depth unusual in these terrible times. If you want to see what it means to come into the world, this is the book you've been waiting to read.