Supermom In Training: 9 years went by too quickly | Parenting 101

I keep in mind when I was pregnant everyone would notify me, “Soak it all in! It goes by so quickly.” But when my son was 1, 2, and even 3, I felt, at that time, that these were being the LONGEST a long time of my existence. I imagined I might be chopping up meals into teeny tiny pieces and expressing “be very careful” for the relaxation of my lifetime!

But when he commenced college whole-time at 4 decades outdated, that’s when everyday living picked up speed… and rapidly! Times begun blending with each other, seasons flew by, and we have been singing “Happy Birthday” what felt like each couple of months.

Now, my son turns 9. 9! Final year of solitary digits. I actually will not know how I went from owning a bean to obtaining a “Cam,” how I went from “mommy” to “mother,” how diapers became little teeny briefs that then grew to become boxers, how we went from tear-no cost baby clean to physique wash for males… it is really all traveling by.

I am going to admit it: I pass up the small-individual stage where by I was interesting and enjoyment (and not the shame I am now!). I pass up the small parts of food stuff and getting a helicopter mom at the park and calming big fears and kissing minor boo-boos. 

But 9 is interesting way too. We have an genuine man or woman now. Existence is absolutely less complicated and a lot less messy. We have an individual neat to hold out with. He’s tremendous humorous and mature, and really understands matters like sarcasm (which can be a good or a bad detail!).

And most of all: I enjoy him extra and extra with each passing 12 months.

Content birthday bud! You will always be that little bean that grew within my tummy. And you can also generally be my complete favourite individual.