- Knowing that you’ve grown this tiny human being inside you for 9 whole months and feeling like you’ve just conquered the world.
- The moment when you first hold your baby and a rush of love and emotion washes over you.
- Feeling a tiny fist curl around your finger when you touch his palm.
- Unconditional love every time you look into your babies eyes.
- Watching Nanny and Grandad spoil their first grandchild.
- That freshly washed baby smell
- Endless cuddles and kisses.
- Being the most tired you’ve ever been in your entire life – But the most happy.
- Meeting new friends and watching your children interact together.
- Infectious giggles.
- Discovering all the little characteristics that make your little one unique.
- A reason to take five million photographs a day.
- Watching your partner love and cherish your child.
- Watching cartoons all day and playing silly games.
- Having a job worth getting out of bed for in the mornings.
- Sharing your bed with your partner and little one and only being able to balance on the edge because they are lying sideways across it.
- Adventures.
- Teaching them everyday how to be a kind, caring, polite person with good morals.
- Tiny arms round your neck.
- The moment they say “Mama ” or “Dada” for the first time.
- Being the most important person in their little lives.
- Having a reason to buy hundreds of clothes (aren’t baby clothes just the cutest).
- Buying toys you’ve always wanted and using the baby as an excuse.
- Discovering the world through your little ones eyes.
- Mastering multitasking – Making up a bottle, with a baby on your hip, a dog at your foot whilst wiping up the dribble running down your leg.
- The beaming smile on their face when you enter the room.
- Being the one to comfort them.
- Having an excuse for PJ and film days when the weather is rubbish.
- Crying at One Born Every Minute because you can completely relate to the woman giving birth.
- Feeling like the luckiest Mummy on the planet.
- Watching your baby’s sleeping face and wondering what the future holds for him.
- Doing night feeds at unholy hours knowing there are other mums out there doing the same.
- The littliest things make them happy.
- You’ve created a legacy.
- You discover things about yourself you didn’t know before.
- You’ve got a friend for life.
- You get to celebrate EVERY occasion – Christmas, Birthday, Easter, First Tooth.
- You’ll never be alone.
- You’ll always have a story to tell.
- No one will ever feel the love you feel for your child.
- Singing songs and playing silly games just to see them smile.
- Creating a bond like no other.
- Having a different kind of respect for your body for enduring the growth of your baby and labour.
- Feeling like the strongest person in the world after a tough day.
- Being proud each and every day.
- Showing him off to anyone and everyone who will listen.
- Creating a beautiful life.
- Loving your partner more and more witnessing their love for your child.
- Becoming a new family.
- Making memories and new traditions.
Love Tilly & Archie xx
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