I was giving E. a bath last night and used the last of the Johnson's Baby Wash. The thing is...that was the last bottle in the house and he is the last baby in our family and I don't want to give up on that fresh-clean-baby-just-out-of-the-tub smell and if I start using the regular shampoo and soap on him I won't have that smell anymore. AHHHHHH!!! I know, not really sad but oh, I'm so sad. Just when do I stop buying anything that smells baby fresh? How old is too old to smell like that? They don't give advice about this in the baby books. There are ages and stages for everything but not on this end of it. How old is too old to rock him to sleep? How old is too old to hold his hand when we're walking? At what age do I take the rocking chair out of his room? At what age do I stop calling him the baby? I never questioned these things before because there was always another baby to do all these things with. But not this time. He goes to kindergarten next year and just thinking about the first day of school brings tears to my eyes. Don't get me wrong, I'm not wanting another baby. But now that I'm at that point I feel unprepared for letting go. Poor E., he will always be the baby. And I just might be rocking him to sleep until he goes on his mission.
I think I'll go and buy another bottle of Johnson's Baby Wash. One more bottle won't hurt.
2 comments:
Lisa,
I am sitting here at work with very little to do and so I decided to read a little and read your post and now I am fighting back tears. Treston has a date tonight and I am sitting here wishing he was Ethan's age just for a little longer. Hold on to him tight before you know it he will be going to Winter formal with another woman. AHHHH! Love ya! Ann
There are some milestones that are bigger than others- the last bottle of baby shampoo is one! I can't remember when I stopped buying it. How sad is that. No, one more bottle won't hurt at all!
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