Room for a wiggle
There are some things that go hand in hand with the territory of becoming a Mom. It is a given that over the course of life with children that these things will happen.... The good, the bad and the ugly. Mostly the good of course though.
But I have to admit there are a few things that since becoming a parent have caught me completely off guard and have shocked the hell out of me.
I mean, I knew that I would get emotional at things such as, the first day of Kindergarten or watching one of my kids take their first steps or speak their first words. All of these different milestones define their age and remind me that they are growing up and doing it way too fast.
In particular, the one milestone that recently took me by surprise that I didn't realize I would get teary over was a loose tooth. Joseph, my oldest baby came to me and said his mouth hurt. Upon inspection we concluded that his lower front tooth was loose. I teared up and Joseph's eyes got wide. Joseph knows about the tooth fairy and has had friends loose teeth... so he is well aware of what will come when the tooth actually does fall out.
I just wish I was aware of the emotions it would stir to reach my fingers into his mouth and wiggle his tooth. It is just another sign that he not my baby anymore and he is growing up into a young man.... all so much to my dismay. As each of these milestones pass I find it harder and harder to remember so vividly those tender moments of him sleeping on my chest with a milky tootles grin of satisfaction. Is it his growing up and giving me all these new memories that is making the old ones slightly fade? Or is it my aging memory? Regardless, I don't want them to fade at all.
But like I said, Joseph knows what is to come when the tooth does fall out. Or so he thinks. He commented that maybe the tooth fairy would leave him twenty or even fifty bucks. I can well assure you that will not be the case unless perhaps Big Daddy and I get a visit from the Lotto 6-49 fairy before the tooth falls out.
Whether the tooth fairy leaves $1 or $100 I will never forget the first wiggle and the moment Joseph and I shared. I have to say that as off guard as my emotions caught me I am glad I wasn't the only one since the look on Big Daddy's face when Joseph shared his news was quite similar to how mine felt.
I guess it once again is one of those things that reminds you that at the end of the proverbial job description of "Mother" it states "and all other duties required".
But I have to admit there are a few things that since becoming a parent have caught me completely off guard and have shocked the hell out of me.
I mean, I knew that I would get emotional at things such as, the first day of Kindergarten or watching one of my kids take their first steps or speak their first words. All of these different milestones define their age and remind me that they are growing up and doing it way too fast.
In particular, the one milestone that recently took me by surprise that I didn't realize I would get teary over was a loose tooth. Joseph, my oldest baby came to me and said his mouth hurt. Upon inspection we concluded that his lower front tooth was loose. I teared up and Joseph's eyes got wide. Joseph knows about the tooth fairy and has had friends loose teeth... so he is well aware of what will come when the tooth actually does fall out.
I just wish I was aware of the emotions it would stir to reach my fingers into his mouth and wiggle his tooth. It is just another sign that he not my baby anymore and he is growing up into a young man.... all so much to my dismay. As each of these milestones pass I find it harder and harder to remember so vividly those tender moments of him sleeping on my chest with a milky tootles grin of satisfaction. Is it his growing up and giving me all these new memories that is making the old ones slightly fade? Or is it my aging memory? Regardless, I don't want them to fade at all.
But like I said, Joseph knows what is to come when the tooth does fall out. Or so he thinks. He commented that maybe the tooth fairy would leave him twenty or even fifty bucks. I can well assure you that will not be the case unless perhaps Big Daddy and I get a visit from the Lotto 6-49 fairy before the tooth falls out.
Whether the tooth fairy leaves $1 or $100 I will never forget the first wiggle and the moment Joseph and I shared. I have to say that as off guard as my emotions caught me I am glad I wasn't the only one since the look on Big Daddy's face when Joseph shared his news was quite similar to how mine felt.
I guess it once again is one of those things that reminds you that at the end of the proverbial job description of "Mother" it states "and all other duties required".
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