It's funny how memories fade, even the ones that seem the most crucial, the most treasurable. Each new season carries so much that is new into life that the details of past seasons seem to slip away somewhere -occasionally caught by the deep recesses of our minds and sometimes left behind altogether.
I find it a bit strange that having birthed two children in the past five years, there is so much I have already forgotten about babies. People ask me questions regarding what I did about such and such, and I honestly have to tell them that I just don't remember.
There was a time when I thought that if you've ever had a baby, you would just always remember what to do - something like riding a bike. I was aghast when grandparents didn't seem to remember which things were choking hazards and so forth. Only now, while I could easily tell you how old my children were when they took their first steps, I couldn't tell you when to look for a first tooth or how exactly I got them into their current routines, etc... I'm stuck in the present ages and stages of my 3 and 5 yr. old.
Some of it does come back. I'm not worried about the new kid arriving soon. And luckily, one of the great things about blogging is I can go back and read all kinds of things I'd forgotten about.
It feels a little weird while two kids are running around my ankles and I'm sporting big ol' preggo belly, to have someone ask me something only to stare blankly back at them and admit I really don't remember. But I haven't forgotten one thing...babies need lots of love. And a mother who really loves her baby is sure to do whatever it takes to learn what's best for them. The problem is, you also have to learn about 1 yr. olds and then 2 yr. olds and then 3 yr. olds - it's always changing and a brain tends to hold on to just what's essential for the moment.
Of course there are some things that you know you'll just never forget for as long as you live...and this is testified to by the fact that your own parents are still telling a couple of stories about when you were little.
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