My own baby girl turned 1 this past Monday. Today, there are streamers and balloons all over the house and we are waiting for great grandpa to arrive so we can have cake. I swear this has been the fastest year of my life - although my girl is still quite a cuddler and sleeps part of the night in my arms, she already spends most of the day traveling all over the house and playing with toys. She's often to busy to cuddle during the day, and I'm missing that little baby stage already, especially since this is my last baby.
This morning, when I dropped her off in the church nursery, a mama was dropping off a baby who is 7 mos. She told the nursery worker that her dd wants to be held all the time, "So we are trying not to hold her at all." She told the worker that if the baby cries, she should just let her cry "As long as you can stand it." (The worker smiled at her politely, but later, I saw them bring the baby back to her mom in church because she had been crying, so I don't think they listened much to her.) I cannot for the life of me understand this reasoning.
I wanted so badly to tell that mama to hold her baby! Before you know it, they're huge and they don't fit in your lap. Although I love the relationship I have with my older children, and I love seeing how loving they are to their little sister, there is something so wonderful about that infant stage when they are totally dependent on you.
So mamas, hold your babies. They grow too fast!
This morning, when I dropped her off in the church nursery, a mama was dropping off a baby who is 7 mos. She told the nursery worker that her dd wants to be held all the time, "So we are trying not to hold her at all." She told the worker that if the baby cries, she should just let her cry "As long as you can stand it." (The worker smiled at her politely, but later, I saw them bring the baby back to her mom in church because she had been crying, so I don't think they listened much to her.) I cannot for the life of me understand this reasoning.
I wanted so badly to tell that mama to hold her baby! Before you know it, they're huge and they don't fit in your lap. Although I love the relationship I have with my older children, and I love seeing how loving they are to their little sister, there is something so wonderful about that infant stage when they are totally dependent on you.
So mamas, hold your babies. They grow too fast!