“Enjoy it, they grow up so fast” is probably the most commonly uttered sentence to moms with young children.
Every time I hear it, I vow to never say it to anyone, no matter how true it might become.
It makes me sad.
As tough as having a newborn was, as hard as raising a toddler is, I’ve wanted to freeze Mazzy at every stage and have her stay that age forever. (Surely, she would get better at being two if she was two for years?)
Each month of Mazzy’s first year felt like an eternity. From one to two went almost equally as slow— in a good way. But this year feels like it’s slipping by. Mazzy is almost 2 1/2 and it seems like her second birthday was just yesterday.
Before Mazzy, when I thought about having a baby, I thought of just that— having a baby. I never imagined myself with a full-fledged kid.
But here she is, in a ponytail, conducting conversations and seriously challenging my arm muscles when she asks to be picked up.
Mazzy IS growing up fast.
Although thankfully, not nearly as fast as Lotte.
In the video below, Lotte goes from birth to twelve in just two minutes and 45 seconds. I bet the parent who made this would say— that is EXACTLY how it feels.
What is the saying?
Better enjoy the ride while it lasts.
This is exactly how I feel about my twelve year old daughter. I watched this and was completely mesmerized.
The video is too cool. And a little sad. Because they do grow up so quick.
Truest phrase about parenthood: “The days are long, but the years are short”. Which is why when anyone tries to project ahead with my kids, I usually scream in their face. Let me enjoy the ‘now’ because when it’s over, it’s over!! I loathe when anyone tries to tell me my 2 year old is ‘3 – because she is 2 and 3/4’. Well excuse me – but if I had given birth 3 full months early, it would have been a huge deal! Don’t rush pregnancy and don’t rush the years after – 3 months of being 2 is still 3 months of being 2 … NOT 3 (years old)!!!!! Sheesh. Annnnnnnnddddd thankyouverymuch for now making me want to quit my job! 😉
I love that video. It does go so fast..for us..but for them not fast enough. Why does life work that way? xo
My daughter is the same age as Mazzy and I am so with you – the first and second years seemed to drag on a bit, but the year of TWO is going by at lightning speed and every day it’s like I have a new kid, she’s growing up so fast.
So great meeting you this past weekend!
I now have boys 10 and 14 and I’ll tell you it just picks up speed. Cherish the chaos and the way they SO want to be with you right now. Someday, and WAY sooner than you can imagine they actually won’t cry when you leave the room.
Enjoy it…even the stuff that makes you want to stick a fork in your eye.
Isn’t it so true about the ponytail?
Once you can get a real ponytail in their hair, it seems like they are all grown up 🙂 or maybe 🙁
I wish so much that I could get back those days when my babies were little. I guess that’s what grandchildren are for. Truthfully? Grandchildren grow up even faster than children. It’s very sad.
I love that saying, I think about it all the time!
The other day Ella (turned 3 in March) said “I don’t want to be a big girl. I want to be a little girl forever”
Now this is party because she is still sometimes resisting using the potty and has equated using the potty with being a big girl, BUT what a heartbreaking thing to hear come out of my kid’s mouth!
Every time I hear “they grow up so fast” I want to punch someone in the throat, which I know, is horrible. And then I see people out with teenagers, and realize that will be me someday, and I’m blown away. I can’t get past the mire that is 5 and 2.5 yr old boys (constantly moving targets, and both are brilliant). But I know that I will be sad when I realize that my babies are big boys.
Mine are now 11 and almost 9. I’ve enjoyed every age, and each age has had aspects that made me want to scream. But I’ve never wanted to turn back the clock even a minute – at each new age they are so much more amazing than I could have imagined. Don’t ever wish you could freeze your child in today – there is so much to look forward to.
Time does fly we were always waiting for the next stage ya forget to enjoy the one they are in now matter how hard it is. I miss my little baby boy who is now almost 2.5.
Also I love that in that video the little girl is talking non stop for ever shot of her.
Okay I guess I should of previewed first….
Take two:
Time does fly by we are always waiting for the next stage and forget to enjoy the one they are in now no matter how hard it is.
Thank you for this great comment! It’s easy to feel sad, but I try to remember a woman’s remark to the same effect – How she enjoys each phase her children are in – when my kids were three and newborn.