I breathe you in. Every single inch of you. You are soft and smooth and small and lovely and I can’t get enough of you. My baby boy.
And they all keep telling me, “it goes by so fast.” And what do I say to that? I look at them with my tired eyes and disheveled hair and I nod and give a little smile, but really I don’t know. I have no idea. Because for me, the “it” (you know, the one that goes so fast) is still my present. It’s my life. It’s all I know right now. And some days go as slow as molasses.
But that saying is so true: The days are long but the years are short. Yes, I can see how it does go by so fast.
So I pick you up in my arms. I rock you back and forth. I let you fall asleep on my chest, against all of the expert’s advice. There is so much advice out there, too. But it all contradicts itself, doesn’t it? And really, who cares what they say? Who are “they” anyway? These experts can tell me to put you in your crib awake. They can tell me to stop rocking you, to never nurse you to sleep, to leave you to cry for hours on end. Those experts sure like to tell me what to do.
But they don’t know me. They don’t know my baby. I guess no one told them that it goes by so fast…
…Read the rest of my serenade to my baby boy over at mom.me.
xo
So sweet! I loved this! And needed it today… each time we go to the doctor to see how much she’s grown I bawl like a baby!
Awww I knowww it’s like, can they just stop growing, just a little bit, pleeeease? ;)
xo
amen!!! I’m a new reader and I have a baby boy born a week after yours. I cuddle, rock, snuggle and hold my baby all the time and refuse to let him cry it out! Love this!
Aww thanks for reading! :) And keep on snuggling that sweet baby of yours, girl!
xo
That first picture of you two is just breath-taking! Love it!
Thanks girl! :) I think I’m going to frame it!
xo
This is so beautiful. Your words and your pictures. Have a great week sweet girl!
Aw thank you so much Kendall!! :)
xo
<3. this is wonderful. Mine is 14 months and her usual 'I'll put myself to sleep, k, thanks' self just wanted me to rock her to sleep last night…I soaked up every second of it.
Awwww did you cry?! I totally would have cried- happy tears of course. ;) I’m an emotional wreck these days- ha!
xo
<3!!! As my "baby" is turning "10" in October and Baby Comstock is making their appearance in November I've already decided that life does indeed go by quickly. Babies grow up SO fast!! I'm going to be a "full time" working away from home mama this time around so I'm going to enjoy every single solitary moment and not listen to the "experts" but I'm going to go with my gut instinct and what works best for both me and my babies :)
Ahh I’m so excited for you and your new baby!!! :) And AMEN to listening to your gut and not anybody else! High fives, mama!
xo
I’m with you- screw the experts! And this is just the beginning of this crazy motherhood journey. Always changing and always new.
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AMEN, sister!
xo
this is such a great reminder. you know i agree with you. someday all too soon you’ll be longing for a babe asleep in your arms. so what if it’s breaking a so called “rule”? i would break them over and over again.
YES. Some “rules” are just made to be broken. :)
xo