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By heather | August 4, 2011
Draft post from April 2010 – never published:
It’s happening. The other day I was watching a girl feed her baby the same kind of organic baby food that I used to feed Em and I got a sweep of nostalgia. Today as I looked through my list of categories over there I realized that I probably don’t need “baby stuff” or “baby firsts” anymore.
I swore this would never happen to me.
Last week, I came to home to a request. Alex would like TWO babies. We already have one, but he would really like two. Preferably another girl. Or boy, depending on when you ask.
I never finished or published that post.
Today:
Nevermind. For all the nostalgia, I can’t forget pumping.
I was informed the other day at school conferences that Emmy and Alex are both delightful to have in class and that they should do really well when they transition next month. I had to ask for clarification on that transition thing, and it turns out that Emmy - my youngest, my baby – will be transitioning into the class Alex is in now and he’ll transition to the pre-K class.
Whoa. For some reason, this news hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve always known that through a trick of birthdays and September cut-off age for school that Emmy would be a grade behind Alex even though they are almost two years apart in age. But for her to actually be in the class that he is in NOW, just seems so sudden, doesn’t it? Like, why rush things? And what happened to me going part-time and spending days creating crafts and doing memorable, childhood-defining activities with them?
Next year, it will be too late – kindergarten is all-day. There will be no random visits to Grandma and Grandpa whenever we feel like it. There will be no crowd-avoiding- family trip to Disney when all the other kids are in school unless we do it THIS YEAR. (Which is completely irrelevant, as I 1) have little desire to go to Disney and 2) have it on good authority that I am almost guaranteed to come back exhausted and in need of a spa retreat.) All of a sudden my work and life will be defined by a school calendar.
Now I see. I see the need for three. Not that I’m going there. But I get it.
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August 6th, 2011 at 12:56 am
I know what you mean. Sometimes I find myself, completely irrationally, hoping for birth control failure.
This baby business went way too fast. My own little tiny baby will be 3 in less than 3 weeks.
At the same time, I am looking forward to the whole range of activities that one can do with older kids, which aren’t really possible when one is hampered by a little baby.
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September 22nd, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Maybe I will feel the same when my little daughter will be in school. but for now I will enjoy her toddler days.