Maybe I need a new “project” in my life? But have you ever looked at your growing child and really yearned for them to be a baby again? Or wanted to have another baby because your youngest is getting older?
My two year 11 month old child really pulls my heart strings.. She says everything from, “mom you look beautiful” to “that was a bad dinner.” Today she told me,” lay down momma, I give you a massage”. She even puts herself in her own “time outs”. I never thought I would say this, but I want her to still be a baby. I am actually one of these “crazy” mums that misses the baby stage.
I think the in between stage can be a very hard stage (one of the many) for mums. We love to see our children grow and become independent because that also validates that we are doing a good job as parent. I can’t help but wonder though should we as mums be growing with them? Do we need to move onto the next phase in our lives?
I never want to be one of those women that is left behind whether it is as a mum, in my career, or just in my personal sense of everyday life. Change and growth is hard at any age- no wonder why children throw tantrums when they are frustrated. I just wish there was some way to savor each stage of parenting and the time did not go by so quickly. Even the tough stages eventually end. For me, having a second child, helped me to realize this. Perhaps this is why I am hanging onto every “last baby moment”, like my toddler’s very chubby checks.
Send me pictures of special moments in your child’s development to our flickr account at modernmums…we can all cry together.
