From the moment you hold your baby in your arms,
you will never be the same.
You might long for the person you were before,
When you had freedom and time,
And nothing in particular to worry about.
You will know tiredness like you never knew it before,
And days will run into days that are exactly the same,
Full of feeding and burping,
Nappy changes and crying,
Whining and fighting,
Naps or lack of naps,
It might seem like a never-ending cycle.
But don’t forget…
There is a last time for everything.
There will come a time when you will feed your baby for the very last time.
They will fall asleep on you after a long day
And it will be the last time you ever hold your sleeping child.
One day you will carry them on your hip,
then set them down,
And never pick them up that way again.
You will scrub their hair in the bath one night
And from that day on they will want to bathe alone.
They will hold your hand to cross the road,
Then never reach for it again.
They will creep into your room at midnight for cuddles,
And it will be the last night you ever wake to this.
One afternoon you will sing “the wheels on the bus”
and do all the actions,
Then never sing them that song again.
They will kiss you goodbye at the school gate,
The next day they will ask to walk to the gate alone.
You will read a final bedtime story and wipe your last dirty face.
They will one day run to you with arms raised,
for the very last time.
The thing is, you won’t even know it’s the last time
Until there are no more times, and even then,
it will take you awhile to realize.
So while you are living in these times,
remember there are only so many of them and
when they are gone,
you will yearn for just one more day of them.
For one last time.
-Author Unknown
How do you want to celebrate another beautiful month passing? I was thinking a park date which seem to be your favorite thing right now, and maybe a smoothie.
I love you my little bean, you are growing so big, so fast. Every night when I put you to sleep you take up a little bit more of your crib and I have been crawling in with you, I just want to cuddle you when you are soundly sleeping and so calm. The days have been a little bit harder, you are having a few ups and downs that we are working through. I want you to always know that I will love you, through your emotional times. Your highs and lows are valid to us. We love you
xox
Momma