The bond is identical. Semi-strangers scare you with stories about their deliveries, colic, sleep disorders, SIDS, ear infections, and endless crying. Semi-strangers scare you with adoption horror stories that their cousin's neighbor's brother heard on some TV show two years ago. You can hardly believe this perfect child is yours. You secretly think you have won the lotto since your baby is so obviously beautiful, brilliant and sweet while everyone else has such ordinary children.
New life has a way of putting the rest of the world into perspective.
You begin to believe that your baby is, and shall forever be, nocturnal. You marvel at how it is possible to function on 7 minutes of sleep a night. You didn't really understand what jet-lag felt like. You do now. You are afraid that if you ever actually are able to sleep again at a normal time, you will sink into a coma.