Am I a little crazy? Maybe…
Is it just me (which could be the case) or are their other moms out there that will start crying for the silliest of milestones?
Case in point, my youngest has recently started drinking from a cup without any assistance. It is so cute to watch him drink and tip his head back. I just watch in amazement how a child will learn these types of essentials. After much trial and error (and laziness) he has conquered it. I sit and laugh at him perfecting this craft, but then it happens, I realize that this is the last time I will watch him learn this particular skill. And a flood of emotions hits me like a ton of bricks. My baby boy is growing up and I just starting crying right there at the dining room table. My oldest son is looking at me like I am crazy, which I probably am!
Another example, we have 2 flights of steps in our house, and our oldest son one day said “Mommy, me do it by myself”, okay I thought. I will at least spot him just in case he wobbles. But sure enough, he walks down the stairs exactly the way I have shown him time and time again. As I tell him almost every time we take the stairs, “One step at a time, and always hold on to the rail.” I praised him on how well he did and again the wave hits me. My little boy doesn’t need me to help him down the stairs any more. We went from carrying him, to letting him crawl up and down, to holding his hand while he walked up and down the stairs, to independence. How did this happen?
I find myself crying quite a bit lately. I don’t necessarily enjoy the stuggles of infancy, quite frankly I don’t like the baby stage at all, but it does sadden me greatly that the infancy stage in our household is finished! I have tried to delibritaley slow down and enjoy every minute, even the hard ones, so that I can remember these years when I am old and gray.
Are there any other moms out there as crazy as me, or am I the only one who cries over these small feats? You can call me crazy, I won’t mind. But if you have had a moment like this let us know so that I won’t feel like a complete moron!
I cried several times just thinking about Libbie getting teeth and not having her gummy smile anymore. Now that she does have some teeth, I know it’s just as cute–but she won’t ever have just gums again!!
Oh, girl, I cry all the time! Most recently…we’ve had a heck of a time getting my daughter to walk. She’s 20 months old now, and we’ve resorted to physical therapy. It’s been frustrating and difficult, to say the least. So the other night, when she FINALLY stood behind her doll stroller and took some steps, all on her own? I totally cried!!
I think all moms are a little crazy in that aspect. Each milestone they accomplish brings them that much closer to independence, and reminds us that one day they will be out on their own, and not “need” us anymore.
I am so bad, that I cried at another kid’s test for orange belt. I didn’t even know the kid! But watching, I knew that my son would be in his shoes soon (tonight!), and watching the determination it took to get through it- it was heartstrung.
Cry at the accomplishments. Cry at the struggles. Let them look at you like your crazy. Perhaps you are, but it’s because you love them, and soon enough they will understand it, and be going through it themselves!
My youngest is 2 1/2 and just seeing a sale rack with birthday shirts on them had me in tears thinking that my baby will be 3 on her next birthday. How did that happen? She is nowhere near ready to potty train, but yesterday she pulled her pants up all by herself (after screaming, I DO IT, I DO IT). So I let her and she did great! I told her how proud I was thru the tears. If this is crazy, then I’m proud to be thoroughly nuts!
I’m constantly tearing up at minor things along with big things. I picked up my 11 month old daughter at daycare the other day and while the other girls are all excited and screaming as she walked over to me I had to pick her up and turn my back because I was bawling like a baby. Great! Now I’m crying while I type this. See! It’s all the time!
no your not crazy! my baby pee’d in the potty last night and today said a sentence and I got tears:( he’s almost 2 but he’s my baby…..
We’ve been reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear forever. I know my daughter knew animal names, but when she named all the animals on the last page of the book without stumbling, I cried and cried. Children are amazing. How lucky we are to have them in our lives!
Nope…not crazy at all. Some of the surprising cry-worthy moments in my house include: sorting through clothes at the end of the season knowing that they will never be THAT little again, moving my four year old from the 5-point harness to shoulder/lap seatbelt, carrying on complete conversations with other adults, washing her own body during bath time. I’m one sappy momma!
Reading some of your comments makes me cry. My oldest is going to be a sophmore in college…leaves thursday. I am making my husband take him this year because i cried so hard last year and do not think i can do it again. Of course I will be here with my 17 year old and 13 year old! They grow up fast…so enjoy…and cry often!