Mini Milk turned one yesterday, and I had planned on writing a Broody Tuesday entry on the eve of his birthday to mark the occasion. Unfortunately he was up most of that evening screaming, which kind of nixed those ideas. At first I thought he was ill, as being struck by illness just before a major event is a specialty of my kids - Half Pint got his dose of the chicken pox at Christmas, broke his thumb at the height of his goalkeeping career and threw up on at least two birthdays...why should Mini Milk be any different?! I now think it was simply a night terror that he had, but it took so long to settle him that my lovely entry got pushed to one side. I didn't get to blog about how he was on the verge of having a number to his name or reminisce about the fact that exactly a year ago I was furiously bouncing about on a birth ball like a demented kangaroo, trying to force him to come out (and worrying that my vigorous bouncing may cause him a head injury...).
But as I lay in bed last night with my head still reeling over the fact that my tiny baby is already one, I decided that I would instead have a whole string of posts to mark this moment. After all, there may not be any more first birthdays for me to celebrate, and at one time it seemed as if the thought of celebrating this one was an impossible dream.
It's been one heck of a year. He kicked it off in dramatic style by being born in the hospital car park, delivered (well, more like caught) by his daddy on the zebra crossing. His birth sums him up so well - eight days late, but couldn't wait a minute longer. Mini Milk showed a strong personality from the very beginning, he knows his own mind and marches to his own beat
But I'm getting ahead of myself - I'll go into his development in another entry, and I'll also blog about his birth in more detail. I plan to blog about the differences between motherhood this time around compared to my experience of being a teenage single mother too. There will also be an entry on how having a child together has changed the Milkman and I's relationship, and one about how having Mini Milk has changed me as a person. Hopefully I'll also get the chance to write about his favourite books and toys, and I'll also share the "no added sugar" birthday cake I made him!
But for now, let me end with some cute...
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| A year ago today... |
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