You bring that little bundle home. He’s so new and tiny and somehow you instinctively know how to hold him even though you’ve never been able to hold other babies without making them cry. Ever.
You spend every other minute swinging from pure elation to feeling completely overwhelmed to utterly tearful. It’s hard and happy and amazing and scary and wonderful, all at once.
You realise you haven’t slept in forever and that you may have given birth to a baby that doesn’t through the night at all. You start to resemble a zombie and will start all conversations with how little you are sleeping.
You realise how fast time is passing by.
You start blogging to snap yourself out of the sleep deprived Groundhog Day and record things about your little one.
Little things. Big things. Funny things. Anything.
You record videos, so as not to forget. To record that memory forever. You text the OH constantly with constant status updates. You both find every little thing he does awesome and impressive. You constantly wade through each others phones to see any photos of your little one you might have missed.
You remember the first time he sat up, the first time he said Dada (instead of Mama), the first taste of food, the first time he climbed onto the sofa.
You remember all the cuddles and the teething and how you haven’t had a proper lie in in forever. You hope it will come one day soon. Hopefully.
You laugh about all the funny things he now says and smile at how his speech and personality is developing. You recount his antics to all your family members repeatedly.
You have all this recorded, in detail, all over the place. Thank goodness for technology. You realise you have thousands of photos. And you still have more to take.
And despite all the memories and the moments and the milestones you turn around and wonder, with genuine surprise…
“How on earth did he grow up so fast?”
I’m still doing it now! How did I have a baby in my 20s and now I’m 40 and he’s nearly as big as me and his feet are the same size as mine? And how is my baby now in year 3?
I look at photos from even a year or two ago and I can’t believe how much they’ve grown and changed.
Wow he sounds like he is going to be a tall boy!
Tell me about it! My eldest is turning 18 in a week and I have no idea where those years have gone. The important thing is to enjoy it while they are so young, which I think you are doing and at least you have all of the photos and videos to look back at which will be lovely for you when he is older.
So so true. It makes some of the tantrums much more bearable to know these moments will just flitter by!
Oh I know!! I have pretty much every moment documented and I’m still surprised how quickly they’re growing up. I had a real moment of heartache yesterday when I was sat at the dining table with the boys and the three of us were eating exactly the same meal. I just wondered how it got to the point where I can prepare the same thing and sit at the table and have a nice dinner with both of them. They’re babies!!
I know!! This is exactly what shocked me, I am recording so much and he’s still surprising me and growing up.
Oh yes I completely understand this. I can relate to all of that especially trawling round looking for photos you may have missed. In the blink of an eye they’ll be 18 – how scary is that!
I know, can you believe they’re going to be 3 soon??
It funny I was only just looking a baby picture of my boy’s and now I look at them and think wow where did the time go x they grow to way to fast x #pocolo
I keep doing the same. I always think he looks all grown up then I glance back a few months later and reminicse about how young he looks!
Lovely post and so true. My son didn’t say mummy for a very long time and I remember how happy I was when he finally said it (“bye bye mummy” because I was going to the shop). You blink and it’s gone. I was looking at my daughter today. 2 years old and talking to me about what she wanted for breakfast. It constantly amazes me, particularly having had a late talker the first time.
It’s amazing how time really does fly by doesnt it?
This is a beautiful post honey and your so right where does this time go?
I think it’s all the blinking we’re doing! Pesky blinking 😉
Lovely post. And so very true! I have been at home with my kids for every single day, moment and milestone, and yet I’m still amazed to find them so grown up!
It has a way of creeping up on us doesn’t it?
Such a beautiful post and so true. My daughter turns one next week and I really don’t know where the last year has gone!
Ahh Happy Bitthday to your lovely little girl 🙂
Oh yes, where does the time go? So well put xx
Probably where all the lost socks go and the Tupperware lids 🙂
I can completely and utterly relate to all of this and I hope I can do it all again one day 🙂 A lovely post. Thank you for linking to PoCoLo x
Thanks V! 🙂
Loved your beautiful post. When my children were tiny I couldn’t imagine them being bigger and then time passes…
#pocolo
It’s scary isn’t it! Time seems to have speeded up so much since i became a mum.
Beautiful post 🙂
Yes I keep thinking I have a baby and I don’t. My baby is going to be 3!
It happens all the time. It happened to me just yesterday when I was walking home from school with my “babies”. One is eight. One is four.
But they are still babies most days when I look at them 🙂
I reckon we’ll all be the same wont we? Ahh how fast time goes x
So true! My oldest is now seven and I still can’t quite understand where the time has gone 🙂 Each new stage is wonderful, but I do miss my babies xx
I agree, each stage brings so much fun of its own but I do miss the baby stage too where they would coo and giggle in your arms.
Lovely post and the time goes by so fast that you are left dumb struck thinking where all those years went! Thank goodness for photos to look back on eh! x
So true! There should be an option for pausing time I think!
What a wonderful post Tas and so many memories. I wish I’d started blogging earlier, it will be amazing for you to look back at all your words, photos and video. Lovely 🙂
Thanks CD. 🙂
You’ve hit the nail on the head. We’re looking at 6th forms for my eldest and I can’t believe my baby girl is that age already.
Flies by soooo quickly doesn’t it? Good luck with the 6th form stage 🙂
Oh hon I think you’ve summed up the thoughts of every mum on the planet with this fabulous post! I have to stop myself from saying ‘where is the time going’ as it was annoying my hubby lol! And you’re bang on – thank goodness for technology and being able to keep a record of their growth by various means #PoCoLo #MBPW
Aw this is a beautiful post Taz. I agree with it all and I constantly wonder how it is all going so fast. x
What a lovely post, I feel like I’m saying this everyday at the moment and it makes me feel quite sad.
It is sad although every stage is fun in its own way.
This is a lovely post. It just feels like yesterday that my eldest daughter was born. I was thinking about this today – wondering whether we spent enough quality time together when she was a baby. I know we did, but I just miss those times. Now we have two new little babies and I plan on spending real quality time with all three because time flies, and before you know it they’re grown and you can never get the time back. x
I often wonder about whether we’re spending enough quality time too and I always hope we are building lots and lots of good time together.
I LOVE THIS POST. So well written and evocative…. you nail those first few years so, so well. X
Thanks OM 🙂 x
It just speeds by doesn’t it, need that pause button!! #sharewithme x
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WOW this is brilliantly written. Loved evert second of it and so true. It makes me so sad how fast the time is going and I never thought it could go any faster than it did when I had my first but somehow it is flying by even moreso with two. I guess because that makes me busier. I am so scared to miss a beat or that I won’t get to enjoy this milestone or phase long enough before the next one hits. soon I will turn around they will be off to school that frightens me that time goes like this. Robbing us somehow i feel. Thank you so much for linking up to Share With Me. #sharewithme Lovely post.
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Awwww this is Beautiful!… My oldest is 9 and i often look at him thinking where the hell did you shoot up from??? They grow wayyyyyyyyyy too quick 🙁 lol #ShareWithMe
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Brilliantly written, I can totally resonate with this! I so wish I has started blogging earlier, when I was pregnant with number one, as i’d have such a great written and visual record of everything. Now I’ve started, I don’t want to miss a second!
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And in a blink of an eye they are starting school! *HUGE sob*!
Beautiful post. Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday
x x
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Stunning post, beautifully written with so much emotion-so true about the collecting of memories although in our case we need to print more-too many digital files! Thanks for linking up to #brilliantblogposts x
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A wonderful post! This made me giggle as it rings so true with us! We were literally sorting through 1000’s of photos on each other’s phones only two days ago and then watching video clips today and thinking “How has he changed so much before our very eyes?!”
Amelia x
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