Mommy Moments Blog- September 6, 2008.
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Ten months, one week, and five days ago, I became a Mother. My doctor handed me a tiny, squalling, slimey bundle of joy. Mark and I laughed. We cried. We wore goofy grins on our faces for hours. (Well, he did. I was just plain too tired.) We were in awe of our little miracle. So small, so fragile, so helpless, so… immobile. Becca spent her days happily lolling around in our arms. There was no place she would rather be.
Fast forward to today. Nothing slows down our crazy, crawling creature. She is into everything. And she is fast. Holy cow. I read somewhere that from the time a baby begins to crawl until they reach the height of their crawling skills, their speed will increase 600 times. Think about that for a minute.
I’ll wait.
And as far as happily lolling in our arms? Not unless we are holding her captive. Very few places are less fun. Unless, of course she is bouncing, or being otherwise jostled around. But cuddling? Not likely.
Today, though.. Today she has taken the next step in her frantic journey to become a little girl. Quite literally.
We have been encouraging her to walk holding onto our hands, and to cruise the furniture. But, let’s face it- It is so much faster to crawl. She was really getting the hang of it though. Then, last night while playing on youtube, I decided to show her videos of other babies walking. Becca was pretty excited about this new development. You mean, she can walk too? Whoa- crazy, right? She had to practice before we could go to bed. It’s like a switch flipped on. Then, this evening, she took her first unassisted step. Just one, then back down she went. But with the way Mark and I responded, you’d have thought she just won the Nobel Prize. I swooped her up into the air, big hugs and kisses all around. It was fantastic. Amazing.
But isn’t she too young for this? Becca, please stay a baby for your Daddy and me, just a little longer. You’re growing up too fast.
*sigh*
So, next week we’re going out to buy a pushable walking toy. The lion one. Goodbye, little baby. Toddler years, here we come.
Yes, I’m crying… This just sucks.