I'm sitting here at the kitchen table, drinking my coffee, listening to "Darius Rucker Radio" on Pandora, and one of my favorites comes on: "It Won't Be Like This for Long." If you've never heard this song, you should give it a listen. It's especially touching if you have a small daughter (or son) or are pregnant (and emotional) like me.
The song is so true, though. All those little things we dread or that drive us crazy about pregnancy and having a newborn: lack of sleep, not sleeping, not getting any sleep, and then a crying baby who won't let you sleep when she's born, etc - the truth is, we'll each look back at some point and realize how important those little moments were. I can guarantee that I won't miss getting up to pee every two hours during the night, but I sure am going to miss those little baby kicks, rolls, and punches. Someday, when I'm slightly less sleep deprived (like maybe for a glorious minute when she's a little older), I'll probably miss some of those quiet moments during a midnight feeding. Find me in just over two months and I'll tell you that I can't wait for her to sleep through the night, but I know my nostalgic self, I'll miss those moments just the same.
It won't be like this for long. It's meant as encouragement, but it also has something to it that reminds you to cherish all of those moments, no matter how sleep-deprived or exasperated you are. Adam tells me I'm doing a fine job cherishing every bit of this pregnancy, and I sure hope he's right. And deep down, I know it's silly to be thinking now about how much I'll miss those moments that I haven't even experienced yet, but isn't that the motherhood?
How do you cherish these moments before they're gone? Photos, videos, journaling? I'm curious to know what other moms do - although I'm more curious to see what I'll do in the coming months.
All at once, I can't wait to meet our little girl, but I'll gladly take a couple more months of her growing and moving inside me before she arrives. Ahh, motherhood.
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