10 Things I Love About My Baby

Raising a child is hard work, that’s no secret. Some days it can seem like you have spent every waking hour busting your butt only to get to bedtime with more dishes to wash, more washing to hang, and more mess to clean up than you started with.

Those days can have you tearing your hair out. But there’s a reason we all do it and the reason is love. There’s nothing more motivating for me than to pause amongst the chaos to admire one of the things I love about my baby. These are just ten of those many, many things:

1. The little dimples in his knuckles- I’ll really miss those when he gets grownup hands!
2. The sparkle in his eye when he grins cheekily at me. Usually, when he’s doing something he knows he’s not meant to.
3. The way he clings on to me as I lift him out of his high chair.
4. The way he kicks his legs so excitedly when his dad comes home from work (‘happy feet’)
5. The studious look on his face when he’s trying to master a new skill.
6. How much he loves to explore and investigate new places and objects.
7. His love of the outdoors and watching trees swaying in the breeze.
8. His yawns! They are the cutest yawns I’ve ever heard.
9. The carefree way he laughs.
10. The special way he gives us kisses, even if we do get a bit covered in drool!

There are so many more things that make me fall in love with my baby all over again each day. I know as he grows up there will be an infinite number more.

The hard days are not so bad when I take a moment to remind myself how lucky I am to have such love in my life. Sometimes it even seems like those days go by too fast!