Oh the Wonderful Things Mom & Baby Do (A Heartwarming Post)

Guest post by Khaye Brotonel

Note from Anne: Get ready to let aww’s out because you’ll be using them a lot while reading this heartwarming post. (The original version can be found here.) What happens when you’re left alone with the baby…

…you wake up to the warmest smile.

..you start the day dealing with toys and games and fake cries. Breakfast will come in at a much, much later time.

Somehow, you manage to give him a bath (you carry him on your side-waist as you prepare for his bath because he will not allow you to be out of his sight). You play dress-up even if you’re the only one who can see him. It warms your heart to smell his baby scent and to see him all preppy..

See those bear socks? He looks so cute on them!

You continue to play with him and give everything that will make him happy — even if it means making a telephone out of a computer mouse, and secretly hoping the latter will still work.

In less than thirty minutes, the baby scent and the preppy look will be gone.. because poop will take over and mess up the place.

For the faint-hearted, yes that’s poop. If you are grossed-out, sorry but this is a motherhood blog – deal with it, sweety =)

You get to bring him to the grocery (When the cat is away, the mouse will play).

And pretend he’s picking up his own food… But the truth is, he’s just throwing it away and now you have a terrible backache from picking up everything from the floor and putting them back on the rack.

You cook dinner, wash the dishes and deal with an upset baby – because you left him alone on the floor. He makes sure you will not leave him again by clinging to your knees and wailing for attention.

You make it up with him and make amends by allowing him to play with whatever suits him. You can only pray that he will not stain your precious bag with that orange highlighter.

After having parented, you retire to bed and capture the last photo of the day. Of course, he will grab your phone as you do that, but you still catch a glimpse of his heartwarming smile..

And your weariness just fades away..

Author Bio:

Khaye, a mother to a 10-month old boy, is a newbie blogger. She is adjusting to the life changes, but is immensely enjoying the happiness that marriage and motherhood now brings. She litigates in court at daytime, blogs at night and drinks coffee in between. You can read her chronicles of raising a child while (trying to) win cases on the side at Legally Mama, which is July’s Blog of the Month.