Posted by fallsfall on June 5, 2004, at 13:31:59
In reply to Re: My baby is 21 » fallsfall, posted by All Done on June 4, 2004, at 2:13:50
I am happy and proud. But I do miss her - she is wonderful company.
I didn't have ice cream, but I bought some yellow cupcakes (she likes yellow cake - in almost everything else her tastes are like mine, so I don't know how she got so screwed up in the "what kind of cake to like" category), and brought them in to the library to share (I didn't want to eat them all myself - I don't particularly like yellow cake). Of course, no one wanted any (because they weren't chocolate, duh). I sent them into school with my younger daughter the next day.
They never, ever, completely stop needing you. But how much they need, and what they need help with changes over time. I think that as your son becomes more independent, that you will be proud of his achievements (going to preschool, being happy about staying at a friend's house, getting dressed by himself, making his first PB&J). The same is true when they are older - you miss them, but you are so proud of how wonderfully they are growing up.
[and, boy, am I glad *I* don't still have a 2 year old... I can take my kids into a store and they don't wander off and get lost. They don't (usually) scream and throw temper tantrums in public - though my 16 year old is doing this more now... They can call whoever or whatever themselves and ask for things (like "What time do you close" or "Can I sign up for..." etc.) They can choose things themselves (i.e. clothes, food, books, what to do) so I don't have to make ALL of the decisions. I don't know that I would have the patience needed for a 2 year old right now...]
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