Left Out of the Baby Book

I’m not very good about keeping the baby books up to date. For the older kids, obviously it’s way too late, although I do every once and awhile jot down something I’ve remembered, or at least hope I’ve remembered right. But for RM I’m trying hard to do a good job of recording all those memories. It’s obvious to me now that I won’t remember everything a few years down the line, I’ve forgotten so many little things with the boys. It’s kind of sad really. I guess I’m either getting way too old, or maybe the mind just gets entirely too cluttered with all the stuff of life.

So I’m busy filling in all those little things like when she first slept through the night, clapped her hands, ate solid food or stood up. I’ve marked in the dates when the first of the teeth came through, or at least the date when she first let us look at them. I’m waiting for the day she takes her first steps.

Then I got to thinking about all those milestones they don’t have little spaces for. How about the first time she peed on Dad when he was changing her diaper? There’s the memorable first time she tumbled headfirst off the edge of the bed. (Come on, admit it, that happens to everyone at some time or another.) Don’t we want to remember the first time she used those nice new teeth to bite while nursing? What about the first time she pulled the cat’s tail? Followed immediately by the first time she got scratched by the cat. Or there’s our latest, the first time she had a temper tantrum when we had to tell her “no.”

We need new, more realistic baby books. There should be places to record all the stuff, good and bad. After, development is development no matter what!

Of course, maybe it would scare off the new moms.

July 29th, 2006 Posted by Tracy | The "Mom" Me, Family | no comments