With a maximum of a few weeks to go before the baby arrives I've found myself getting really emotional about the fact that Lily will no longer be an only child. That's totally normal right!?
I find it really hard to explain how I've been feeling. It's not like she's going anywhere or I'm going anywhere but in a way it sort of feels like that? These are the last days of it being just me and her, the way it's always been for the last three years and I feel like I need to treasure these mummy daughter moments before everything changes.
Every breakfast date, every shopping trip, every walk to the park to feed the ducks, it's all still going to happen, it's just that there will be three of us now instead of two and that's something I still haven't quite got my head around yet. I guess I just want to make the most of my time with Lily whilst I'm still hers and hers alone, before a new kind of normal takes that place.
It's frustrating that I'm so heavily pregnant now that I can barely get out of the house to take out the bins without needing to sit down again, and that means that all the fun things I'd like to do with Lily before the baby comes have gone out of the window. But it's okay, Lily doesn't seem to mind staying in and doing endless amounts of painting and curling up with me on the sofa. It's time spent that matters at the end of the day, not how you spend it, and I think she can sense my clingy-ness right now as she's being extra clingy back. I'm appreciating all the extra cuddles.
Did you feel like this before your second child was born? It's definitely going to be a learning curve, dividing my time and attention between two children, but I'm looking forward to the challenge.
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I felt like this too, I cried as it come towards the end of my pregnancy. I felt extra emotional that everything I was doing with her could be the 'last' time as just us two. It does go away and then you won't even remember what it felt like being just the two of you as it will feel normal being a three. I do twice a month take Isla on a Mummy Daughter date and we go to costa etc and just do little girly things. Now that she starts nursery I will now get a quality day every week with Archie so its kind of equal :) xx
ReplyDeleteOh I really like the idea of setting time aside for mummy daughter dates! I'll get one on one time with the baby whilst Lily's at nursery too so it will be a nice balance :) x
DeleteOh bless you. I am worried about the last few weeks. I want to try and do as much things with my girls before Baby arrives but worried I wont be able to! Lovely photos x
ReplyDeleteI'm finding it so frustrating that I can't do much fun stuff with her in the last few weeks but luckily she seems to understand. I'm sure your girls will too :) xx
DeleteAww, I don't have a second child but even when I just sit and think about it I worry about all these things. I'm sure you'll still be able to find time just the 2 of you and it won't take long for you to adjust to doing things as a 3. I love the photos, your little girl is a cutie xx #maternitymondays
ReplyDeleteaww I felt exactly the same but once the baby comes, they just fit right in and you manage to spread yourself. It will be fine #MaternityMondays
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