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As my youngest child enters full-day kindergarten, hits up birthday parties galore and masters wedding night the art of printing, I m faced with the cold realization wedding night that the baby and toddler years are behind me, this time for good.
It s as if, with the flick of a switch, my baby, the youngest of three, has entered a whole new stage, which I suppose she has. She s a school aged child ; not a toddler, not a baby. And it s surreal.
But when she was born, I was happy to hit the pause button on my frantic life and focus intensely on mothering a newborn: breastfeeding, making food from scratch, and getting to experience, once again, those delicious days of nurturing an infant and the pure glee of playing and discovering with a bouncing, exuberant toddler.
I felt so lucky to have another chance, and I sensed it was crucial to enjoy and make the most out of every moment with this new, final baby and I did. But somehow, the time still flew by way too quickly.
She started wedding night school this September, and I marked the occasion by Instagramming an old photo of us, when she was about three months old. I captioned the photo: She started junior kindergarten today, and while I m proud and all, I really miss the days when we had nothing to do but hang out together all day. I added the hashtag #wistful.
To commemorate Chloe s fourth birthday, I Instagrammed another old photo, this one of her in hospital, shortly after her birth. She was wearing wedding night the sweetest little green hat, her first hat ever. But there, I m choking up again.
At the still-tender age of four, Chloe is more fun than ever: she s smart, sassy, adorable, sensitive and kind, possessing pretty much all the great qualities I hoped for. She s turned wedding night out wonderfully and I m still in awe as I watch her hit a range of new milestones. They ve just come alarmingly quickly.
I m so grateful for the last go-round with the baby stage, and I am definitely wedding night in a kind of mourning for those precious days. I m sure there are a variety of reasons for this that involve not only Chloe s rapid development, but my own neuroses as well, not least that the end of baby-making is a super strong marker of the aging process, and of course, a reminder of the cycle of life.
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As my youngest child enters full-day kindergarten, hits up birthday parties galore and masters wedding night the art of printing, I m faced with the cold realization wedding night that the baby and toddler years are behind me, this time for good.
It s as if, with the flick of a switch, my baby, the youngest of three, has entered a whole new stage, which I suppose she has. She s a school aged child ; not a toddler, not a baby. And it s surreal.
But when she was born, I was happy to hit the pause button on my frantic life and focus intensely on mothering a newborn: breastfeeding, making food from scratch, and getting to experience, once again, those delicious days of nurturing an infant and the pure glee of playing and discovering with a bouncing, exuberant toddler.
I felt so lucky to have another chance, and I sensed it was crucial to enjoy and make the most out of every moment with this new, final baby and I did. But somehow, the time still flew by way too quickly.
She started wedding night school this September, and I marked the occasion by Instagramming an old photo of us, when she was about three months old. I captioned the photo: She started junior kindergarten today, and while I m proud and all, I really miss the days when we had nothing to do but hang out together all day. I added the hashtag #wistful.
To commemorate Chloe s fourth birthday, I Instagrammed another old photo, this one of her in hospital, shortly after her birth. She was wearing wedding night the sweetest little green hat, her first hat ever. But there, I m choking up again.
At the still-tender age of four, Chloe is more fun than ever: she s smart, sassy, adorable, sensitive and kind, possessing pretty much all the great qualities I hoped for. She s turned wedding night out wonderfully and I m still in awe as I watch her hit a range of new milestones. They ve just come alarmingly quickly.
I m so grateful for the last go-round with the baby stage, and I am definitely wedding night in a kind of mourning for those precious days. I m sure there are a variety of reasons for this that involve not only Chloe s rapid development, but my own neuroses as well, not least that the end of baby-making is a super strong marker of the aging process, and of course, a reminder of the cycle of life.
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Latest Tweets Great idea! Kids crafts survival guide: New Year wishing wands http://t.co/GBhUdbI5J5 , 7 hours ago Indeed! RT @historyinpics : 1970s Lego had the right idea http://t.co/vg0BdagqBp , Jan 2 This is really interesting. RT @sciam : Popular on our site: The secret to raising smart kids. http://t.co/BQ6MLl3fwx wedding night http://t.co/JhOYUy27pc , Jan 2 FYI: Winter storm to make for messy travel in Eastern Ontario this weekend http://t.co/6gV5dpfLF2 #ottweather , Jan 2 That's great! Happy to hear it :) RT @TheFoyFamily : @ParentingTimes Enjoyed @nac 's Alice through the looking glass last week! Thanks! , Jan 2 Follow @@parentingtimes
Babies & Toddlers Diaper Cakes Camps Camp AcadecapCISS Camp Can-Aqua Camp Hyanto wedding night Camp Nominingue Camp Woolsey wedding night Capital Golf Junior Camps City of Ottawa Summer wedding night Camps Frontier Trails Camp Gloucester Pottery School Golden Lake Camp Dovercourt Recreation Centre wedding night Funhaven Summer Camps MiM Summer Camp Nepean Creative Arts Centre Nepean wedding night Visual Arts Centre Ottawa Gymnanstics Centre Royal City Soccer Club Camps Young at Art Child Care Global Child Care Locations Kanata Creative Kindergarten St. Martin’s Nursery School Education Family Fun Nepean Putting Edge Family Restaurants Family Travel Health Party Planning Birthday Party Magazines Ottawa Parenting Times Music & Lessons Dave Drum Shop Pets Photographers Pre & Postnatal Retail Special Needs Sports
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