Every mother has either said or heard the phrase: "The first year goes by so fast!" As I approach the one year mark, less than 3 months away, I know that this phrase isn't just another cliche. In fact, I can't even believe it's been 9 months.
How can 365 days possible go any quicker than any other previous year?
The days where your child is constantly screaming at the top of his/her lungs, you wish for them to grow up. This year will never end. The numerous
sleepless nights, feeding around the clock, forgetting what clean, un-spit up, clothes are. Seriously, why would people say the first year is quick. At times it feels like time is standing still.
Suddenly my girls are 9 months
old. They are little people, with their own big personalities. Oh My God, you girls will be 1 soon. ONE! Where has the time gone?
When you realize how much a baby learns in one year from the day they are born, you begin to think
there can't possibly be only 12 months in a year. From simply learning how to hold their heads up to learning how to sit up. From learning how to keep formula down without spitting it all up to learning how to eat solid foods. From laying to rolling to scooting
to crawling. Standing to walking!
Weren't my girls just born?
My girls are very mobile. Olivia is constantly crawling all over the place. Juliana is starting to army crawl, just a week or so behind her
"big" sister. I seriously feel like i just blinked and they grew up.
Didn't I just return to work? That couldn't possibly have happened 6 months ago.
There were times that I wished they would grow up; who
hasn't. The year may go by fast but it's not easy. However, knowing how fast it has gone, I'd rather have those difficult nights than not having children at all.
For those who are just starting out, or are still pregnant. Don't
dismiss those "cliche" sayings. There are some truth behind them. Before you know it, your child became a todler.
Just don't blink, you just may miss 3 months of your babies life.