Comments on: Hello, Goodbye

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:32:43 +0000

Precious, precious, precious. I can totally relate. I keep looking at my youngest and he looks like such a BOY. I’m driving him crazy because I keep hugging him and squeezing and he shrieks, “let me go MOMMY!” as if I’m assaulting him. Okay, maybe a little bit of assault, I guess. LOL. But I can’t help myself!
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By: AmandaG

AmandaG — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:44:29 +0000

I am failing at this very thing too.
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By: cakeburnette

cakeburnette — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:58:49 +0000

I miss my babies just about daily. I love, love, love the benefits of middle-school age immensely, but oh those sweet, fat bundles of snuggles…! I do NOT miss the toddler/preschool/elementary school ages though. While I loved them with every fiber of my being, those ages were HARD. Or maybe it was just my two. I thought I would hate the middle school/preteen years, but I’ve found that I am actually enjoying it almost as much as the baby ones. I still dislike that age in packs, but my two at home are a delight (most of the time).

By: Mitzi

Mitzi — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:33:30 +0000

um…yeah.

just when i had alllllmost forgiven moosetoddler for turning one…

…he goes and turns 13 mos.

rotten little shit.
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By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:54:53 +0000

With each of my babies this has become more difficult. And now that I now my baby is my last, I find it harder and harder to admit that she’s growing so fast. And when she wakes up at night, instead of being frustrated I just cuddle her up and take her every breath into me. The loss is palpable. And yet, I know my job as a mother is to nurture them while they grow. Man, sometimes this is a thankless job, this mothering.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:54:58 +0000

This is one case where I say that time is NOT on our side. It’s funny, with my kids, I already miss my second son’s “baby-ness” more than my first’s. I think it’s because my first is, to me anyway, “an old soul” and has always seemed like an adult to me in some ways. He practically came out of me talking.

I really enjoyed reading this and will now cherish the last few months of my current pregnancy and this next baby’s “baby days” even more…
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By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:31:47 +0000

When I find myself frustrated at my clingy little almost 2 year old daughter and her “Up! Mommy, UP! UP! UP!!!” days and the whining and the tossing of food and the “No no, sweetie. Let’s go this way. No. THIS way.” and all the other incessant annoyances of babies and toddlers I have to stop and remind myself…In just a few short years this kid isn’t gonna want me to hold her hand let alone give her 60 million kisses a day.

For all the reasons you described we need to stop and cherish every day with our babies. It doesn’t last and I’m going to miss my munchkin as she turns into a girl. But I’m also going to try to enjoy every stage as it passes before I sadly say goodbye.

Thank you!!!

By: MeL

MeL — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:00:25 +0000

Yes. Yes. Just, yes. And now that my third is getting ready to start crawling into his shiny, bright future and we debate whether our family is done – done? – DONE?! Hw can he be my last when his infancy is already over? I am unprepared for this. So I sit and convince myself that I can have another if I want to, even though I know it’s likely not to be. Because otherwise I would suffocate under the weight of what is already past.

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:56:58 +0000

Feeling this very deeply today as my baby boy turns 4. Good thing I still have my 15-month-old daughter to snuggle.

By: Amy in OHio

Amy in OHio — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:43:53 +0000

You make my heart ache with your words sometimes…in a good way of course.

“a continual experience of loss, a never-ending stream of moments of goodbye”

brilliance and beauty – off to refresh my memories.