“Soon you won’t even remember what your child looked like as an infant.” ~ Publix Baby Newsletter.

I was glimpsing through the mail when I stumbled upon my free Publix Baby Newsletter for baby A. In Z’s time, I would pore over the words carefully, see what milestones my child would go through, before folding the glossy words and putting it away. This time, I halfheartedly skimmed, and tossed it in the recycling bin. However, some words made me think a Hmph! before recycling it.  Since it’s recycled, I don’t know the exact words, but they went something like, “As your child grows, your child’s features will become less round and more angular. Soon, you won’t even remember what your child looked like as an infant.”

How could I not remember what my child looked like as an infant? After thinking for a minute, it was a little hard to remember what Z looked like as an infant, but this is baby A they’re talking about, the epitome of a round infant. She is a toddler now, but I love her round features, and non-angular-baby-ness. But Publix may be right. In a few months, baby A may indeed be more angular, less infant like.

Right now though, I’m trying to hold on to the baby-ness of baby A, but I know she is already becoming more toddler like. Just yesterday she had some nice quiet moments, and when looking up I noticed her carefully uncapping and capping a big fat permanent sharpie marker. A moment upstairs in which she was carefully squeezing drooly shampoo on the carpet. Another moment in which she knocked over my big cup of water and then followed it by clapping,   toddler clapping in which when little squishy fingers clap, no noise is made.

Some images below of when I photographed Baby A in her crib, who was indignant that I would take photos of her rather than release her, so I plopped Z in there, and then she calmed down. More later!