With this baby girl due 4 months from now, I've been taking advantage of each and every day I spend with Lyla. It's hard to believe that she'll no longer be the baby. I could stare at her little face all day, and I have been as much as possible. I constantly notice myself lost in amazement of the little girl she's grown into in these short two and a half years. We've recently taken out her baby book again in order to help her further understand my pregnancy and what's to come when baby Hannah arrives, and it just floors me how fast the time has gone by. It's the advice I've heard from every parent that has crossed my path: enjoy it now, because before you know it they'll be all grown up. That was hard to believe in those first few months of getting no sleep, barely finding time to eat and shower, and watching the clock drag by. I used to think "GOOD, grow up already and let me sleep!"...but now? Now I cannot believe that she will be 3 years old this summer. Wasn't it just yesterday that I was pregnant with her? Giving birth to her? Using those little rubber spoons to feed her? Apparently not, since she can now carry on an entire conversation with you, use the potty, help me cook... So cudos, other advise-giving-mothers, IT'S TRUE.
It also makes me feel a bit crazy to be starting all over again. I now have a child who is nearly out of diapers and sleeping through the night; the two milestones I have been dreaming about since she was born. And now, just as life got a bit easier, we've signed ourselves up for those endless nights once again. On the brightside, I cannot wait to be doing it again, and just for that reason: again; I've done it before. I won't have those first time mommy-jitters, I know there's a light at the end of the tunnel of those long nights, I know the nursing will one day end and I can be free from the food-source-role that keeps you from doing nearly anything for yourself. "I know" ...this phrase has helped ease a lot of the nerves I get from doubling my child-load. Though every child will be different, at least this time I have some idea of what I'm doing, and will be able to just enjoy my children and watch them both grow together.
I cannot wait to add Hannah to our family, but for now, it's just me and my Lylagirl, and I'm soaking up every single moment.
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