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Originally Posted by wretched34
This, for sure...
My son is 13 now, and there have definitely been times in the past I'd just stop and catch myself thinking things like "When's the last time I picked him up and carried him?" or "When's the last time I kissed him goodnight", "When's the last time he reached out to hold my hand while we walked?". Seeing family photos from vacations not even 2 years ago where he still looks like a little boy, now he's 5 inches taller than me, and has a moustache coming in!
Definitely cherish the moments you have with them at every stage, though more often then not it's so much fun adapting with them as they grow, you don't realize what you're outgrowing until it's long gone.
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Man, I enjoy older kids so much more than babies/toddlers.
My son is 15 (16 in three months) and my daughter is 17. Last week I was walking somewhere with my boy and he grabbed my hand and held it just like when he was younger. Left it for maybe a minute and then ripped it away haha. He was totally embarrassed...I think he just kind of went into comfortable little-kid mode for a second and I really enjoyed it. That was kind of neat.
Yesterday he called me by my first name by accident. Sometimes we hang out like we're friends and I think he got caught up in the moment - that was awesome, too.
Daughter has been a little unsettled since she lost her grandma last month. Every few nights she'll crawl into bed with me and my wife. Sometimes she'll stay all night and sometimes just for an hour or so. We don't mind since we know that won't happen much longer.
I like that our kids can still just be kids around us. Everyone's wired different, of course, but these little rascals of mine are really loving and even though they look old they're still basically nine-year-olds in a lot of ways depending on what's going on around them and how they're feeling.
Anyway, the point is don't worry to much about stages flying by. Hopefully you're lucky and the stages just keep getting more awesome and you keep building more memories and stronger bonds.