Blink of an eye

I first started out on this blog not really that long ago I was too tired in the early days to think or sometimes even speak, never mind write. The intention was to help other mothers of a more mature outlook get an inkling into motherhood. Then I suppose a year is a good time to assess how it has all gone.

As I stand here today, well sit really, I have to say it has been some of the best and most traumatic times of my life. A roller coaster isn't really on par with what a parent goes through on a daily basis in the first year of a childs life. You have to have fingernails the length of your forearm to hang on sometimes. All that being said, I would do it all again for Isabella to be here with us now and there have definitely been many more ups than downs.

Ups that come to mind. That first smile has got to be one of my favourite ones and a proper smile at that where they really engage you with their eyes this is the beginning of them really having character. The first crawl or bottom shuffle that was pretty amazing as you start to think eek they'll be walking soon. Then you only realise that everything seems to take an age after they first start something for them to really get the hang of it. Then the giggles, this really is a magical sound. When they are tickled or find something funny how can you not laugh and giggle along with them. Isabella is a real giggler especially when Daddy tips her upside down, Mummy of course has palpitations.

So much good stuff which enriches your life more than you can ever imagine. Then there is the other stuff. The sleepless nights. The strange nappies that seem to go bump in the night. The not eating. The eating but throwing it everywhere. The eating but only having a tiny bit and then wanting a tiny bit of all sorts of other things. The not sure what baby should be eating and when.

Then there's the mind field of baby proofing. Where to begin. Once they can move around that's when the fun starts. Cupboards, drawers, stairs, toilets, doors, bins, well anything really that little fingers can find. Things you never thought could be so interesting suddenly hit top of the interesting charts. Isabella's firm favourite the computer on off button. Distraction is one technique. Cardboard blockers for us was the only answer.

So just over a week away until my wonderful little girls first birthday and she has changed so much from that wee little bundle of joy. We have had the first steps in the last week on her own. she even managed them when her grandparents were here, how fabulous is that. We don't get to see them that often and she produced such magic for them. Then we've had the I am now going to start taking everything off the shelves and try to put it back on, of course not quite in the same way. Her sorting is definitely coming on a treat.

She is such a proper little person now no longer that little baby I first held in my arms. How time flies, it seems to have rushed past in the blink of an eye. Lets hope the next instalment takes a few more blinks as I don't want to miss a thing.