Tonight I was struck with the rare opportunity to rock my sweet baby boy to sleep. The eyes that typically drift slowly to sleep refused to nod off tonight. Feet kicked, arms flailed, and little beady eyes stared at the window as the sun drifted below the horizon. As the nursing session commenced, rather than remain asleep like usual, darling "dah dah dah"s and "blah blah blah"s filled the silent night. This tiny toddler body crawled up my torso, rested his head in the crook of my arm, and wrapped those long longs around my abdomen. I was overcome with memories of those early months when my itty bitty infant needed Mommy in order to fall asleep. My finger tips that used to grasp the bottoms of tiny newborn feet, patted the padded diaper of a growing toddler. I remember so easily how his entire little body would fit snugly inside the length of my arm. Tonight I am reminded of these words from one of my favorite baby books, Love You Forever:
"I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be."
No comments:
Post a Comment