As we get close to our babies turning 1 :( let get nostalgic

LoveOfMikesLife · October 2014

What's your favorite memory so far? You can only pick one! And let's try to pick something other than birth, unless something epic happened

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LoveOfMikesLife · October 2014

Let's see..... Mine would have to be the first time H met his big brother. L is a loud kid and H looked up at me like " WTF is this thing and why does he keep yelling?" At that moment he really wanted back in his warm, quiet, comfy ute

artistlife · October 2014

My favorite memory is when Shelby finally "got" breastfeeding. That moment when she latched with out a struggle or a shield and just stared at my face until she fell asleep.

LoveOfMikesLife · October 2014

They are a mess! But they are my messes

LoveOfMikesLife · October 2014

Yez9 said:

Not birth per se, but close. She was two days old, and we still hadn't gotten to hold her. I hadn't even seen her eyes open and not covered up with equipment. The nurse pulled off her eye patches, and we put our hands on her while we talked to her through the hand holes in her isolette. She looked at me and then started reaching for me with the one arm not gummed up with wires and tubes. I came completely unglued on the spot. She grabbed my heart and hasn't let go yet.

that's really sweet! I love it

tikiroom · October 2014

That first finger grab.

thelastunicornxo · October 2014

Ok, mine is birth, but for two good reasons. First, Rylands birth was crazy. I went into labor hard and fast and was 9 cm when I got to the hospital. No time for an epidural (despite my screaming for one!) and my dr literally made in time to run in the room and deliver him. He was there 30 minutes after we walked in the door! It was the most intense/painful/beautiful/empowering moment of my life. I would have never though I could do that, and I did! The second part of it, is that our second son was diagnosed at birth with a cleft palate. We had a lot of reassurance through this whole pregnancy that everything looked ok, but we wouldn't know 100% until he was here. So to have him here in such a crazy way and then here that he was fine and healthy was probably the happiest moment of my life.

housewifehair · October 2014

The first time DH held B. I've never seen this man cry and he turned into a pile of mush. Looking at those two and realizing that we are a family now, just the three of us in this together, priceless.

[Deleted User] · October 2014

Mine was just recently, after Luke had surgery. He was all jittery from the being under and I was holding him against me wrapped in a blanket. He fell asleep with his mouth wide open and holding on to a piece of my hair. It felt so good to be able to comfort him when he was so afraid.

UntaggableKatie · October 2014

Pardon me, There are now tears in my Orange Juice... Wow... how can I pick just one?!?!

I would say mine would be when he finally started feeling better. AFter the RSV and the 2+ months of wheezing, finally taking him to the pulmonologist, getting on the right breathing treatment (as I have suggested Qvar to other mommans it is a life saver!!) Finally we began to see this amazing personality, his laugh and his frustration at new things.

Honestly, just seeing him come back from that scary situation to be full of life is a miracle

88sharonlee · October 2014

Yup, crying over here too!

I'll pick a relatively recent one... When B realized how to splash in the tub!
She was always ok with bath time but didn't really show that she loved or hated it.
Then she learned how to splash!
She gets so excited and she does her little cackle laugh and gets me soaked!

It's just so cute to see her having so much fun and helps remind us to enjoy the little things in daily life!

TJHine · October 2014

The first time he grabbed my face and pulled it toward him for a kiss. So sweet!

mwhipple77 · October 2014

These are so sweet and such a good idea!

There are so many things E does that make me smile, but I think the first time she said 'mom' was one of the biggest heart string tugs I've ever experienced. I'm sure she had no idea what she was saying, she was just babbling, but when I realized she said 'Mom, mommom' I started crying. I'm going to be a huge mess the first time she says she loves me!

rbtrumpet · October 2014

I should not have opened this thread at work ::tears::

hmm...it's not quite a one-time memory, but for the first 6-ish weeks, whenever she was hungry she'd scrunch her forehead, look up at me, open her mouth and snort/grunt. I called it her piggy face. I tried to catch it on camera, but never got a good shot, so i will just live in my memory

LoveOfMikesLife · October 2014

I'm loving ALL OF THESE!!!!

mamasoup030 · October 2014

Hayley was also whisked away to the NICU when she was born. A few hours later we got to meet her and she knew my voice. My husband was disappointed that she didn't know him.

Backstory: When I was pregnant every night he would sing You Are My Sunshine to my belly, and the baby would usually respond and start moving, we hoped she was listening.

I told him to sing to her, he started to sing the song there in the NICU and she opened her eyes and moved her head to find him. It was the most magical moment of my life, period. I can't imagine loving the two of them anymore than I did at the moment.

smadar11 · October 2014

It would have to have been one of the first times that S fell asleep on me. Just sitting there with a sleeping baby on your chest has to be one of the best feelings. I am pretty sure I cried because I was so in love.

VegasGal1978 · October 2014

I am loving reading all of these memories!

Like everyone, there are just too many to choose from. So here's a funny one, from delivery, but I think it's a great one!

We were team green. Throughout my pregnancy I was convinced we were having a boy.

The delivery doctor thought we knew the sex, so he didn't make any sort of announcement upon arrival. They whisked B away to clean her mouth and nose. As she was on the table a few feet from my bed my husband touched my arm and said "we have a Belinda. It's a girl!". I told him to go be with her while she was weighed. My eyes drifted back to the little person I just birthed. I was immediately confused. I said "it's not a girl, it's a boy". DH was looking at me as if I was speaking a foreign language. I took a closer look. Yup, it was a girl. The remains of her umbilical cord was not a penis as I had originally thought. My mistake.

I will never, ever, live this down. I giggle every time I think about it!

htk1113 · October 2014

This is so hard to think of the best one and I was seriously in tears reading this at my desk. Geesh ladies, sniff.

I don't see Emmett do this much anymore but one I love to think of is when he was a few months old, every once in a while when he would nurse before a nap then fall asleep he would smile in his sleep. It was the cutest thing. Now, my heart melts when he has laughing fits and the other night he feel asleep in my arms and was really snuggled in there, even gripped the front of my shirt.

Oh, I just love all this stuff.

SV917 · October 2014

This is also a continuing thing, but it's definitely my favorite this past year. I love seeing H and E interact: their first smile at each other, their "conversations," and the way they make each other laugh. They make having a twin look really fun.

88sharonlee · October 2014

Seriously, thanks for making me cry in public on the way into, and now home from work!

kellythomas0122 · October 2014

I'm still tiptoeing in as a newer contributor but all of these make my heart so full, it's literally impossible to read them and not take in so much love that everyone has for their babies.

It's hard to pick one but my favorite two to narrow down are: BF'ing from the start was a challenge for us. I pumped a lot and finger then bottle fed along with nursing with a shield. We determined at 8 weeks that he had a severe tongue tie and went through with the revision. Immediately following the clip I offered to nurse him in the room and he wanted me for comfort as his momma but also nursed without significant pain for the first time. It gave me so much hope that we could do it and finally a break that was physically needed.

For the second one it was more recent. I am one of 4 daughters but my immediate older sister is my second half and could not be closer. She lives in TX and with work could not travel to meet LO until August. I was so worried that she would be a stranger to him. He loved her. Okay, it's not like he could say it but took to her so quickly and it's like she just knew what to do/how to play to make him happy. It was so exciting to see my two favorite people (sorry hubs) so completely happy together ❤️

hollowway · October 2014

Madeline's first couple weeka were ao scary and sad with her surgery/NICU stay... so my favorite is a recent memory. More like a recent action that she does.

She'll be playing and randomly come up to me, hug me and give me a kiss and then go back to playing. The smile she gives me when she does this is so cute. It warms my heart every time.

amberrrjade · October 2014

The first time M reached out for me.

As we get close to our babies turning 1 :( let get nostalgic

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