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AutumnMist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:38 PM
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The Baby Clothes Have Been Put Away! :(
My daughter will be four soon. She isn't into the big kid thing yet. But she has passed the baby stage as well. I just went through her clothes for donation! The little clothes....the little booties. My baby(sob)is now growing up. I don't know if you miss it. But this has been a day of change for both of us. She is an only child and she is the light of my life. I am so glad she has grown into the little girl she has become. But man at times I miss the little snuggles at 2 am. LOL. Just Wanted To Share!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:40 PM
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1. Mine are 5 and 7, and I miss them as babies too. My mother said, right up
to the day she died, that she missed my bro and me a little guys too. We never get over it. *g*
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AutumnMist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:44 PM
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4. I Guess We Don't Get Over It
I can remember the first shaky steps and the first jumbled words. I miss those days already. College is going to be a bitch. :) LOL.
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:43 PM
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2. My 2.5er is about to be joined by a 0 year old
So I'm still there with the clothes, but it makes me so sad when something that we used to do together has vanished from his mind. Like the stuffed animals which were his comrades when he was 1 and now he hardly recognizes.

/sigh/

it does go so quickly.

:(

david
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:44 PM
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3. My son is 34, and his will always be my baby boy...something he will NEVER
Edited on Fri Mar-18-05 02:45 PM by BrklynLiberal
understand :)
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:49 PM
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7. Beautiful Pictures of a Very Handsome Young Man!
I know that You're very proud.

WOW! I just referred to a 34 year old as a young man and I WAS RIGHT! I feel old!
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:50 PM
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8. Thanks. I am very lucky. He is a very good person too.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:56 PM
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14. 2 Things About Him Being a Good Person
1 Kudos to you!

2 He has "good guy" written all over his face. He has a VERY likable look about him.
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AutumnMist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:50 PM
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9. I Just Cried The Tears Of A Mother Seeing Those Pictures
I Do understand..........I haven't been there yet. But I will never forget the words of my own mother. That your heart will never love like you love for your own children....and you will never be so pissed off when they forget Mothers Day two years in a row after going to college. LOL!
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:54 PM
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12. I feel the same way about my son, although he's only three.
He's the baby AND the only boy.
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KinkyDem Donating Member (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:57 PM
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15. I'm a 34 YO son to a mother
and I didn't get it until i had a kid.

If he is at all like me, your relationshi[ with your son will change in ways you can't imagine when he has a kid. You wait and see. You think he nedded you when he was little ...
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:20 PM
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25. Thanks for the insight. Nice to know I have that to look forward to.
;)
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:01 PM
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17. WOW is that you in both pictures?
Edited on Fri Mar-18-05 03:02 PM by tjdee
You look great, whichever one you are, nice smile--and your son is very cute!
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:09 PM
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22. That is me with him at his High School Graduation. This is his best
friend's wife in the more recent picture.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:08 PM
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20. Thank you all for the kind words. He is my only child.
He is a fine young man, and I feel that I would like him even if he was not my son. His best feature is his great sense of humor.
We speak on the phone pretty freqently. He lives in Chicago, while I am in NYC. (He went to Northwestern and loved the city, which I can totally understand).
Still says "I love you" on the phone, so I am a happy Mom, in spite of the infrequent oversights on Mother's Day or things like that.
The time does goes VERY quickly, so enjoy every single moment of their childhood...even the bad times.
I always tell my friends with small children that the days go slowly, but the years fly by.
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AutumnMist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:13 PM
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23. Your Son is Wonderful...And So Are You
"Still says "I love you" on the phone, so I am a happy Mom, in spite of the infrequent oversights on Mother's Day or things like that.
The time does goes VERY quickly, so enjoy every single moment of their childhood...even the bad times.
I always tell my friends with small children that the days go slowly, but the years fly by."


Thank you for sharing that. It just made my day.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:18 PM
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24. Thanks.
I envy the you for the time you are going thru right now with your daughter. I remember so clearly when my son was 4. It was so wonderful. Treasure every single moment...and always take lots and lots of pictures!!! No such thing as too many pictures. Even when they are sleeping!
The good thing about a little girl is that she will appreciate your saving all her little girl things.
I still have all my son's little baby things...but he is not so interested in taking them. I figure after he gets married and has children, maybe then he will want them.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 08:42 AM
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34. What a handsome feller!!
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 08:58 AM
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36. you both have similar smiles
comparing the pic of you in the graduation one with the bottom pic of your son and the smiles.

great pics, i can see how much you love your son and are proud of him in the graduation pic.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:45 PM
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5. I just packed up a bunch of baby clothes to send
to my sister for her baby.

My kids are 17, 5, and 3. I have saved a few special outfits from their baby and toddler days, including some clothes my mother made for my oldest that were handed down to the next one. I know I can't save EVERYTHING, but I wanted to save a few things.

My mother saved some things from MY baby and toddler days, then gave them to me when I grew up. I'm glad. I have pictures of both of my daughters wearing a dress my mother made for me when I was four.
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AutumnMist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:55 PM
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13. Awesome!
I have some special dresses saved and some things that my family has made for her. The pictures and the history that you have must be amazing to pass down. Its nice to see that. Its a common thread within family that means so much. Its not the expensive toys or trends. Its the dresses made and the pictures taken. :)
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:46 PM
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6. My Son Will Be 5 in 2 weeks.
It's funny how you're happy when they reach a new level and at the same time, very sad to see that they've moved on from where they were.

I keep telling my son to stop growing so fast because the little boy momories (it used to be the baby memorie) are likely to be the only things that will keep him alive when he's a teenager.

He doesn't listen.

He is likely to be the only child for my wife (DUer ChicaAzul) and I. We'd like to adopt again, but my age may be a hindrance (I'll be 50 in June).
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:26 PM
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27. Not necessarily if you go for an older child

or preteen or teen, which are harder to place.

Of course, there would be issues with a child with a more fully formed personality and on who had been in foster care for an extended period.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 06:05 AM
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30. If We Do Adopt Again,...
...We would prefer a child 1-2 years younger than our son, not an infant.

The only difficulty we see with a preteen or a teen is that we would be concerned with the dynamic of introducing a "big" brother or sister when he's seen all of his friends get "little" brothers and sisters.

Don't get me wrong, because we would love another child every bit as much as we do him, but he is the son we have NOW. We have to consider the effects on him.

Our son is now going through some difficulties that we were forewarned about when we adopted him, and these may make the issue of a second child moot anyway.

Thanks for the feedback, Spinzonner!
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:50 PM
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10. :(
My sons are 21 and 19. I kept a lot of the baby clothes. Periodically I go through them and can let loose of a few more things. Amazingly it is the little shoes I can't seem to part with more than anything else. The kids just get better as they grow but yes, you will always miss the early years. I am glad you shared.
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AutumnMist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:01 PM
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16. Awwww
the little Berk's, the little sandels...the little tennis shoes. (sigh) I cant get rid of them either. LOL. Thanks for your input. :)
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:02 PM
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18. For you
:hug:
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AutumnMist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:09 PM
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21. Thank You!
:loveya:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:03 PM
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19. You know...
I feel the same way about the shoes. Apparently my mom did too, because included in the things she gave me are three pairs of my old shoes - little "first walker" shoes, tiny white patent leather Mary Janes, and tiny leather moccasins.

I've saved my kids' baby shoes and slippers too.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:46 PM
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28. I'm glad it is not just me.
My husband thought it was odd although I have a thing for shoes myself. It is just all those tiny little shoes, they seem to build the child from the ground up in my imagination or recollection. My youngest son would never let me throw out his old shoes, I could have thrown out his brother before he would ever turn lose of his old shoes so perhaps that is part of it too. :shrug:
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 06:10 AM
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31. It's those cute little baby feet...and those toes...
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 08:36 AM
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33. OK now I am all gooey
inside! That is an adorable picture. Thanks for sharing that one.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 02:54 PM
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11. My kids are 5 and 8 so I know what you're going through.
It's tough. On the other hand, THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH FRIGGIN' STUFF IN THIS HOUSE AND SOMETHING HAS TO GO! ;-)

Sentimentality vs. the deluge of kid things (artwork, toys, etc.) It's a perpetual battle for me.

It's amazing how much you love your kids, isn't it? My mother tried to tell me, but you can't understand until you go through it.
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UdoKier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:22 PM
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26. 4 is still an adorable age.
I have a soon-to be 5 year old and a 7 year old, who has learned to bitch and moan about EVERYTHING, when he's not asking idiotic questions (Daddy, what if aliens acme and turned everybody into cars ).

And it sucks when they learn to argue back. "Why do I hafta clean up my toys? YOur office is a mess, too!"


Enjoy it while it lasts. At seven, they're at their cutest when sleeping...
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:50 PM
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29. My little boy has lost his baby look
At 18 months (well, 17 mo til next Fri!) he looks like a little boy, not a little baby. He's tall too, off the growth charts actually.

Just 6 months ago he would wake up in the morning and give me hugs for 10 minutes straight. Not any more, now he'll wake up and tackle me in the morning to get in his daddy play time before I go to work!
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 06:17 AM
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32. Just make sure you raise this kid not to vote republican.
Thats all I ask!
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kittycat1164 Donating Member (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 08:49 AM
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35. I remember my father's words when I had my first baby
I was laying in the hospital bed with my newborn baby, my father was standing next to my bed holding her finger. I looked up at my "daddy" and said "I can't believe I just had a baby" He said (with tears in his eyes) "I can't believe my baby just had a baby" It's been over thirteen years ago, yet I close my eyes and I can see it as if it were yesterday. Soooo, sweet!
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:14 AM
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37. We're having my daughter's fifth birthday
today! I know how you feel with the baby clothes. We put ours away and donated a ton to charity about a year ago. It was bittersweet to say the least.
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