Friday, May 7, 2010
Apparently they DO grow up too fast.
I love to sleep late in the morning. When I wake up around 10am I look at the baby monitor. It hums and the little red lights that light up when there is a noise spike are dim. I get out of bed and tiptoe down the hall so that I don't wake up Avery. When I go to check on her she isn't asleep and she's just sitting in her crib looking around or playing with her blanket.
WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY BABY?
She looks huge now. I don't walk in and see a tiny baby swaddled in her crib cooing at me. I see this giant baby person whose eyes light up when she sees me and she immediately starts talking to me. I don't know what the fuck she is saying but apparently she waited all night to tell me.
She knows that I am going to pick her up so she grabs her blanket and stands up. Such a deliberate action and I have no idea what to make of it. I carry her but she wants down so she can walk, nay, RUN into the kitchen for breakfast. She heads straight to the refrigerator and when I meet her there and open the door she points to a cup of soy yogurt.
She knows that I am going to pick her up so she grabs her blanket and stands up. Such a deliberate action and I have no idea what to make of it. I carry her but she wants down so she can walk, nay, RUN into the kitchen for breakfast. She heads straight to the refrigerator and when I meet her there and open the door she points to a cup of soy yogurt.
Did she just make a choice about what to eat?
I put her in her booster seat but now I don't have to buckle her in. She sits still as I spoon the yogurt into her mouth and sometimes I let her wield the spoon and she gets it. My kid, the one who didn't know what the fuck to do with a sippy cup knows how to use utensils?
I see her doing things ON PURPOSE. And with purpose. She knows what time her dad comes home and will linger around the door to the mud room waiting for him. She figured out how to use the stereo (and we have never done it around her so she figured it out all by herself). She is becoming more social and even has a best friend.
I see her doing things ON PURPOSE. And with purpose. She knows what time her dad comes home and will linger around the door to the mud room waiting for him. She figured out how to use the stereo (and we have never done it around her so she figured it out all by herself). She is becoming more social and even has a best friend.
When she turned one people started referring to her as a toddler. Well, not MY baby! Toddlers run and play and act like miniature adults. Avery still nurses and cuddles and likes being held; she is NOT a toddler.
And then one day shortly after her birthday we walked down the park and as soon as she saw it she squealed and took off towards the big yellow slide. She left Jacob and me in her dust wondering what had happened to our teeny baby.
I officially have a toddler and it's fucking SCARY.
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10 comments:
I know what you are saying, it is crazy.
Very good post, warmed my heart. She is getting big and mobile and her own person. MDA
I have a teenager, talk about scary! I know what you mean, though. My youngest is 2 1/2 and really small for her age. We love that she's so petite, it's like we still have a baby. But she doesn't let us cuddle her anymore, she is the HBIC in our house, haha.
enjoy the ride my friend....just don't forget to buckle up!
Such a sweet story... yes, scary as hell at times, but raising kids is like being on a roller-coaster. Major ups & downs. But at some point, ya gotta choose to either hang on for dear life, or throw your hands up, occasionally scream and enjoy the ride.
It does seem to happen overnight, doesn't it? Sometimes I still get freaked out that my 4 year old can go & get shit for me when I ask.(when he feels like it).
Hehehe - Love the Motley Crue reference. I had their posters all over my walls growing up - Hell yeah SHOUT AT THE DEVIL!!
Sigh....my very last baby is about to head off to Kindergarten....I am completely & totally fucked UP about it! I have spent 12 years raising my babies...WTF am I supposed to do now???? I'm hardly a likely candidate for jumpin' in to the frikkin' PTA man! I held my neighbour's new born a few wks ago & started blubbering like a damn idiot....hate them growing up!
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I like toddlers second best of all God's creatures. They are so damn cute, all I want to do is bite them.
That is, when they're not biting ME, or screaming, or climbing the furniture, or grabbing the dog by the snoot, or throwing shit, or spreading something gross all over creation (that's mostly what toddlers do; smear gross shit, both metaphorically and literally).
Enjoy it. Even when it's infuriating, enjoy enjoy enjoy.
Scary and awesome. I'm loving the toddler years. The precocious spirit and smart ass quips. The past year or so has been my favorite part of mothering my daughter so far!
Awww. I hear you, it's crazy.
I'm going to Blogher too, hope to meet you IRL.
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