Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Gone in an Infant

We are in the middle of another Parenthood binge. Season 3 currently plays at night while I get a lot accomplished (read: do deep squats while holding bright-eyed and awake Conor because that seems to be all that calms the night owlet enough to sleep at night. Does he know that I'm the worst workout-er ever? He must). During one of the episodes of the night, a baby was born, and I could not stop crying. Tears normally spring forth when I see births on TV because the amount of sap in me rivals a maple tree, but this time I was really crying because I missed it. Oh, I missed the sweet moments right after birth. They are so fleeting; they are gone in an instant. 

I'm aching for those privileged, brand spanking new moments. My newborn is now an infant ... which is practically full-fledged adulthood in my sappy fast-forwarding eyes. That cooing babe probably thinks I'm cuckoo. Get used to it, child of mine. 

Yesterday I was all set to bathe Conor. The birthday suit was on, and the bath was drawn. The little monkey had me on a short leash as he is keen to do with his fists full of my hair. I set to freeing my tresses from his grasp, and once I thought I was free, I started to lean my head to the right to do a most likely ungraceful and inefficient hair flip so it would stop tickling the sneezes out of him. But. Somehow my hair was stuck so I kept yanking and yanking. Finally amid the flailing dimpled elbows and tiny hands, I discovered that his neck roll had trapped more than a few strands of hair. His neck roll! I had to pry the captive strands out. Ha!

6 comments :

  1. Neck rolls and all other baby fat rolls make the transition from newborn to infant so much easier!

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  2. YES!! From the mom of a newly minted 1 year old who suddenly wants to play on floor with her brother and sister. Love the title!!

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  3. What a cutie :) can't wait to experience all this with our little lady!

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  4. Ha! Bless you and your patience. That's why I chopped my hair off when Mary was tiny.

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  5. He is ADORABLE! And boo to having your hair caught in his neck roll, though it is funny. I don't think I could do long hair with a baby, since they're so grabby. :)

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  6. Thank goodness I'm not the only mom who reacts to baby growth so emotionally! p.s. That Conor sure is a cutie!

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