{Live} A Weekend of Firsts: One Year Later
April 24, 2012 in All Posts, Parenting
I can’t believe it’s already one year been since I posted A Weekend of Firsts: Transitioning to a Toddler Bed and Eating Cheerios where Jane left her crib for a big girl bed (25 months) and Sam was just mastering his pincer grasp (11 months).
Here we are again, one year later, and Sam has transitioned to his toddler bed (23 months) and Jane is just mastering her reading skills (3 years old).
My time flies.
I thought I would never see the day when Sam could draw with markers, scribble with crayons, or wield a paintbrush without eating his chosen medium, but it has finally arrived!
(Yes, it’s possible to chew out the entire pad of a Do-A-Dot Marker. Don’t be fooled into thinking these are a “safe” alternative for your mouthing toddler!)
And I cannot believe Jane is now a full-fledged “person.” She’s definitely no longer a toddler or my baby.
- She advises me, “We have to wait patiently for the light to be green,” if I exhibit impatience at a long red light.
- When my mom asked me to define what a rodent was for Jane’s benefit, she piped in, “The capybara is the largest rodent in the world.”
- She helps me raise her little brother, teaching him “Don’t go in the road, or cars will hit you: BOOM!” and calms his toddler tantrums with aplomb:
Much to my amazement (maybe because, like I said, I don’t give enough credit to these diminutive people we call children), I left Jane with a bowl of crafting beads and flower wire we were using for this project and she created her first bracelet!
I didn’t have to prompt her: she thought of the idea on her own. I didn’t have to supervise her: she figured out how not to get poked by the wire on her own.
Didn’t think my little ones would be leaving the baby nest so soon.
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I feel like every time I blink my child is able to do something new and unexpected. They grow too fast. This is such a sweet post, and a great reminder that I need to stop blinking.
Jane did a lovely job on her bracelet, and Sam must be very excited to be in a big-boy bed.
Aw. How lovely to notice all their ‘big kid’ traits. Don’t be too sad about their growing up; there is sweetness and magic at every stage.
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This is sweet! The kids are growing faster than I’d like!
Love the photos- very cute quotes by Jane!
It’s crazy, isn’t it? You’re sitting there wishing a moment would pass, but really, you’d love to just keep them all … even the exasperating ones.
So so fast. Sad, but happy, but sad. You know how it is!
I love watching them become independent like this - definitely bittersweet, though!
So bittersweet. You’re so right. Feels like they’ll be going off to college soon or something. Better hug ’em while we can.
I love each of the new firsts that we experience as parents and how each child is different when and how they achieve them (and I agree that the dot markers are not “safe” we brought them for T’s first birthday and she managed to eat the pink!). I can’t wait to have a little person instead of a toddler and I hope that J will help me calm’s T’s tantrums as well
Such a sweet post