I AM A BUM!!! I haven't done any of Riley's mementos yet and I'm starting to wonder if I will...I did a scrapbook of my pregnancy with Caleb. I filled out his baby book before he was ever born. I have a scrapbook 6 inches thick of his first year which includes his birth annoucemet in two different newpapers. I have all his shot records filled out and I have a journal written of my pregnancy with him and then his birth day. What does Riley have???? A pregnancy scrapbook with 6 pages, a baby book with only his name written in it, and a journal that I stopped writing in 4 months before his birth.....
I AM A BUM!!!! I have become one of those moms with second child syndrome. I have no pictures of my second child on the walls. Shawn and I have made no attempt to take a new family picture. There is no birth announcement for Riley....and he's almost 3 months old....I don't give him a bath everyday, or every other day, or even every third day, it's whenever the spit up on his neck becomes cheese or when his toes hold enough sock fuzz to make a sweater....
I AM A BUM!!! I have become too relaxed with this second baby. Even calling him the "baby" instead of his name is being lazy. What happens?? Why is the first child so spoiled?? Where does the attention to details go?? Do we just not have the time?? (I'm using "we" here because I'm hoping that I'm not alone in my neglect)
I have got to put a stop to this!!! I am being a terrible mother. How will I answer the question in 10 years..."Mom, where are all my pictures?" I don't think the answer, "We'll son, I'm sorry that you weren't the first born." is going to go over very well with Riley. It just seems that my ability for time management has been lost somewhere between Caleb turning 2 and Riley being born.....or 4 months before Riley was born as my journal reflects......
5 comments:
You are not alone. I hear this same thing time and time again as well as being guilty of it myself. Don't be to hard on yourself.
I am completely with you on this one. I just barely finished Marcus' first year scrapbook, I have about the first ten months for Alison done and Carson's...well I have not yet started and he is almost two!
I thought about you this past Saturday while I was at the scrapbook convention. I wish you could've been there with me. :( I did purchase some items for Carson's book, but who knows when I will actually start it?!?
I hope that you are doing okay and getting some "Rachael time" in. Miss you lots!
You are so not a bum-You are just a busy mom! I never filled in any of the kids baby books-did Madi even have one? Don't put too much pressure on yourself. And it always took us a couple of months to get the new family picture (after all I wanted to lose some baby weight first you know?).
Instaed of doing all of these keepsake scrapbooks- you are out there being with your kids. You're at the park, reading books, talking. I think you are doing the more important part:)
Instead of thinking of what you haven't done,think about what you HAVE! What a wonderful legacy your blog is. Your boys not only get to see amazing pictures (in Japan, no less), they get to see what their mommy is thinking as the days go by.
You are also reaching quite a few households along the way. I know that I check almost daily--even looking at the picures and reading what you have to say for the fifth or sixth time makes my day better!
You are awesome!!!!
ok. Ill be a bum with you not only is Devins baby book not finished (hes 18), but Laurens is not AND the beautiful one you made me has ONE pic in it. I think its hereditary-there are no pics of me in the thousands of pic g-ma has of everyone eles. she even has pics of people she dosent even know!! The kids are beautiful. youre doing a great job. Shawn and the boys are so lucky and blessed to have you in their lives!
love you 4!!
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