I made this and the previous Diptych in response to My oldest daughter struggling with the challenges of having a new sister, especially having to share her mommy and daddy.
The composition reminds one of a pod opening with its seed, or a flower revealing the life inside. The great shapes of shadow and light and the relationship of the adult arm and hand to the tender but heavy baby, somehow carry a sense of surrealism. I really can't stop admiring it!