reality check
I’m starting to realize that we give birth to babies and then proceed to spend our time letting go of them. First they leave our bodies and are able to survive in the world. Then we stop breast feeding and they eat what other’s can provide them (food, formula, what have you). They learn to fall asleep on their own. They learn to reach for toys and sit up on their own. While I do not consider myself someone who enjoyed the infant stage much, I am experiencing those feelings of missing holding and rocking the boys to sleep. I love the new things that are coming now…they smile and laugh at me, they reach out to touch me and hold on when being held. But there is something to them being itty bitty. I had a really hard time and am not saying that I miss it and am even in doubt about whether or not I want to have any more children because it was so difficult a time for me. But the many layers are starting to unfold. Things that I’ve heard Moms say over the years are starting to make more sense.
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