ENJOY THE MOMENT

It was a typical night. Maia goes to sleep....wakes up a little while later. I go to her. I usually just nurse her back to sleep, but I didn't that night. I held her. This may not sound like a big deal. But it is. I felt her little body next to mine, her heartbeat, as I lay on the bed, her in my arms. I wanted to look at her, but the lights were off. I wanted to watch her sleeping in my arms. Now this is something that 14 months ago, I would not have thought was so heartwarming. She was colicky, cried almost all the time, and we basically had to hold her for the first three months. But, things change. She changed. She is no longer a baby. (Hold- that just got me teary-eyed!). She is an active toddler, exploring the world with hardly any time for snuggling. She doesn't need me...well, in that way any more as much. It's those moments that we need to remember. There is the eternal battle between the sleep tyrants and the more “attachment” parenting types. I don't consider myself either. I guess I would lean more towards the attachment though. You will not have your child to cuddle up with forever. Soon, you won't be able to carry them in your arms, so ENJOY THE MOMENT. Every age and stage has these moments and you'll never be able to go back in time. We can just say “remember when”.