[TM] "He won't be this little again."
Dear Peanut,
Last December 2017, I found this article online. It's an open letter to new parents and it made me cry. Ito yung time na bangag na bangag kami ni SC with all the baby tasks. Ito yung time na takot na takot kaming magkamali sa mga ginagawa saiyo. Ito yung kasagsagan ng sleep deprivation, fatigue, and natural high with all the milestones we are all going through.
During this time, I can still feel the post-surgery pain and I couldn't really move around because my body was still healing. You were so tiny during this time and feeding every 2 hours.
Ito rin yung kasagsagan ng breastfeeding misadventures ko and probably a brush with post-partum depression because you wouldn't latch even if I followed all the instructions, tips, tricks, comments, suggestions, and probably voodoo (like brushing my boobies with a comb) about breastfeeding.
Then I found this letter and it was so beautiful. I'm sharing this here so you can read it when you grow up. We will put in the blog all the videos and articles that gave your father and me knowledge, inspiration, and laughs as you grow up (because even if the internet is forever, websites can shut down).
Dear Mummy and Daddy
Please keep this letter from me in a place where you can read it and re-read it when things are rough and you are feeling down.
Please don’t expect too much from me as a new born baby, or too much from yourselves as parents. Give us both six weeks as a birthday present, six weeks for me to grow, develop, mature, and become more stable and predictable – six weeks for you to rest and relax and allow your body to get back to normal.
Please feed me when I am hungry, I never knew hunger in your womb and clocks and time mean little to me.
Please hold, cuddle, kiss, touch, stroke and croon to me. I was always held closely in your womb and have never been alone before.
Please forgive me if I cry a lot. I am not a tyrant who was sent to make your life miserable, the only way I can tell you I am not happy is with my cry, bear with me and in a short time, as I mature, I will spend less time crying and more time socializing.
Please take the time to find out who I am, how I differ from you and how much I can bring to you. Watch me carefully and I’ll tell you things which sooth, console and please me.
Please remember that I am resilient and can withstand the many natural mistakes you’ll make with me. As long as you make them with love, I cannot be harmed.
Please don’t be disappointed when I am not the perfect baby you expected nor be disappointed with yourselves when you are not the perfect parents.
Please take care of yourself; eat a balanced diet, rest, and exercise so that when we are together, you have the patience and energy to take care of me. The cure for a fussy baby is more rest for Mum.
Please take care of your relationship with each other. What good is family bonding if there is no family left for me to bond with.
Keep the “big picture” in mind. I’ll be like this for a very short time, though it seems like forever to you now. Although I may have turned your life upside down, please remind yourselves that things will be back to normal before long.
Enjoy me – I’ll never be this little again!
We love you so much, anak. It still amazes us how someone so tiny can take up so much space in our home (and in our hearts). <3
xoxo,
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