Copycat
18 January 10
I like to use the time when I feed Dell to read a book or just doze in a chair. Unfortunately, because all three older girls like Dell so much, they hover around me, kissing the baby and whispering in her ear.
So the “me” time that I’m craving doesn’t often happen.
But I do get to enjoy my whole brood at once, and they make me laugh with their questions. I wonder what they are going to be like as mothers, and if they’ll be asking me for tips on how to look after their own babies.
I can hardly remember what the other girls were like at this age, and so I’m doubly grateful that I’ve been keeping a record through this blog. David suggested to me that God deliberately blocks our mind so we only perceive our children at the age they are in the present. Otherwise we would mourn the rapid passing of time and the loss of our darling little babies as they grow up into people with their own ideas, lives and families.
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1 · Kathleen · 18 January 2010, 22:30
That’s a great insight!!
2 · Kat · 19 January 2010, 19:35
I think your hubby is onto something there.
3 · Janice Cober Phillips · 20 January 2010, 11:23
Wow, I never thought of that before. I thought I was just blitzed when my kids were little. Mikaylah (age 5) now wants to hear stories of her when she was a baby and I am sad that I remember very few, unless there was a photo taken… Since we took a photo I do remember her using my breast pump (or trying to anyway) at about Brioni’s age (Mikaylah was almost three when Jayson was born).