a jammies sort of day

Today was a jammies sort of day.

As I was feeding my son this morning, I looked at him there in my arms. There he was filling my entire lap, stretched way beyond the width of my body, easily able to reach up and grab at my nose or eyelashes, and I realized that he’s now closer (in age) to being a 1-year-old than he is to his birth day.

In that moment I felt a twinge of sadness… and maybe even a little grief about saying farewell to my immobile little infant that used to depend on me for everything. He still depends on me for most things of course, but less and less every day as he learns to crawl, speak, eat “big boy food”, and do so many other things on his own.

I know it’s all happening exactly as it should, and I’m so thankful for his healthy, normal development… But inside my heart I’m asking the question:

“How does a mother cope with watching her precious baby grow?”

It’s seriously been making me want another baby. {Oh, cluck, cluck!}

But back to the jammies.

There is something about little footed pj’s that is just so “babyish”. Most of the time we’re dressing up our little munchkins in jeans and unnecessary-but-super-cute baby shoes. (There’s something so ridiculous and adorable about really small adult-like clothes.)

But to me, nothing says “baby” like footed, button-up-the-front jammies.

So this morning, Levi got to stay in his jammies until noon.

I’m sure what he wears makes no difference to him, as long as it weather-appropriate and doesn’t interfere with his new tricks (namely crawling). But to me—today—it made all the difference.

Seeing him scoot and crawl around the floor in his jammies… sit in his high chair in his jammies… cuddle on my lap in his jammies… and go down for his morning nap in his jammies just made me feel like…

It’s not too late.

I still have time with my baby.

Dear mommy-friends, how in the world do you cope with the “loss” of babyhood as your precious little ones grow?

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adriel booker | the mommyhood memos | 2010 
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