Comments on: He’s got legs. http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/ After decades of urban sophistication, career hopping, and ambitious cocktail swilling, I traded it all for 11th hour parenthood. Apparently you can't just hand in your 2 weeks' notice for this one and there is no vacation.. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:49:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Iota http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-9056 Iota Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:18:43 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-9056 But if evolution has its way, surely we will end up with wheels instead of legs. They do grow up, that's the thing. But one of them has to be the last. You can't go on having babies forever. Alas. But if evolution has its way, surely we will end up with wheels instead of legs.

They do grow up, that’s the thing. But one of them has to be the last. You can’t go on having babies forever. Alas.

]]> By: claire howard http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-8755 claire howard Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:21:52 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-8755 This aspect of motherhood is rarely discussed.My youngest child appeared to me as a toddler ina dream.my only desire was to hold her close,on my knee even as I said to myself,in the dream "I know you're really 18 and asleep upstairs".It was so real and so poignant I woke with my face wet with tears from the longing to hold her little body one more time. This aspect of motherhood is rarely discussed.My youngest child appeared to me as a toddler ina dream.my only desire was to hold her close,on my knee even as I said to myself,in the dream “I know you’re really 18 and asleep upstairs”.It was so real and so poignant I woke with my face wet with tears from the longing to hold her little body one more time.

]]> By: zurin http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-8729 zurin Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:33:12 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-8729 That was a lovely post. I have 5 'babies'. It never occured to me to stop at two. Probably pushed by the curiosity by what the next child borne from me would look like, be like..etc. Curiosity certainly got the better of me and luckily i stopped at 5. Anymore and I'd be a flat tyre......out of breath. lets just say i'm satisfied. That was a lovely post. I have 5 ‘babies’. It never occured to me to stop at two. Probably pushed by the curiosity by what the next child borne from me would look like, be like..etc. Curiosity certainly got the better of me and luckily i stopped at 5. Anymore and I’d be a flat tyre……out of breath. lets just say i’m satisfied.

]]> By: Noble Savage http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-8710 Noble Savage Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:38:47 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-8710 I've been thinking the same things lately, about whether I'm done having kids or if I'd like to have one more. But for all of the reasons you outlined, I am also inclined to say that I'm finished. I just snuggle my littlest one as much as I can and try to drink it all in before I'm shunned for friends and shopping malls and angsty music. I shudder to think... Lovely post. I’ve been thinking the same things lately, about whether I’m done having kids or if I’d like to have one more. But for all of the reasons you outlined, I am also inclined to say that I’m finished. I just snuggle my littlest one as much as I can and try to drink it all in before I’m shunned for friends and shopping malls and angsty music. I shudder to think…

Lovely post.

]]> By: Mothership http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-8703 Mothership Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:01:34 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-8703 Shayma, lovely link, thank you so much. Yes, he'll always be my baby but yesterday he said YELLOW instead of LELLOW and I nearly cried. WAH. Still, i can't face another pregnancy and that's that. Geekymummy. Sounds like we're in the same boat! Vic. I can see my two rolling their eyes as teenagers when I try to wrap their scarves around their necks in the cold ;) NVG Oh, I can't BEAR IT! And yet, there they are, naughtily growing up on us. Smack, them I say. Amandeep, so nice to hear from you again, and much love to you, too. I am glad to know you're still here xoxo BinB. You are BRAVE. And I admire you. And feel a little jealous, too. I could almost go for it if husband was on board, I was a bit younger, if our house was bigger, if we had a bigger car...See, all I have is excuses. Good luck! Sandy. It's the big question, isn't it. But they all grow up in the end, and one must have a life, too... Shayma, lovely link, thank you so much. Yes, he’ll always be my baby but yesterday he said YELLOW instead of LELLOW and I nearly cried. WAH.
Still, i can’t face another pregnancy and that’s that.
Geekymummy. Sounds like we’re in the same boat!
Vic. I can see my two rolling their eyes as teenagers when I try to wrap their scarves around their necks in the cold ;)
NVG Oh, I can’t BEAR IT! And yet, there they are, naughtily growing up on us. Smack, them I say.
Amandeep, so nice to hear from you again, and much love to you, too. I am glad to know you’re still here xoxo
BinB. You are BRAVE. And I admire you. And feel a little jealous, too. I could almost go for it if husband was on board, I was a bit younger, if our house was bigger, if we had a bigger car…See, all I have is excuses. Good luck!
Sandy. It’s the big question, isn’t it. But they all grow up in the end, and one must have a life, too…

]]> By: SandyCalico http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-8697 SandyCalico Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:26:39 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-8697 Lovely post. It's so hard to make that decision. I'm very broody at the moment, but also very knackered! x Lovely post. It’s so hard to make that decision. I’m very broody at the moment, but also very knackered! x

]]> By: Brit In Bosnia http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-8655 Brit In Bosnia Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:20:41 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-8655 My own version of TWO is the same. But I am suddenly looking at him and thinking maybe we should think about whether we'd like to be a family of 5 rather than 4. We shall see. Suddenly I am understanding my mother in law who always whitters on about how fast they grow up. Before, in the depths of nappies, puke and sleepless night and thinking it would go on forever, I just couldn't see it. Another great post that was such a pleasure to read. x My own version of TWO is the same. But I am suddenly looking at him and thinking maybe we should think about whether we’d like to be a family of 5 rather than 4. We shall see. Suddenly I am understanding my mother in law who always whitters on about how fast they grow up. Before, in the depths of nappies, puke and sleepless night and thinking it would go on forever, I just couldn’t see it.

Another great post that was such a pleasure to read. x

]]> By: Amandeep http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-8631 Amandeep Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:38:51 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-8631 Hi! Wanted to let you know that although I haven't been commenting since a long time, I've been reading your blog regularly. Every time I begin a comment, I fall short of words and feel words don't do justice in expressing how I feel about and after reading your posts... Today also, all I'd say is... God bless you and your family with His choicest blessings making each day of your lives better than the previous one. Much love, Aman xo Hi! Wanted to let you know that although I haven’t been commenting since a long time, I’ve been reading your blog regularly. Every time I begin a comment, I fall short of words and feel words don’t do justice in expressing how I feel about and after reading your posts…
Today also, all I’d say is… God bless you and your family with His choicest blessings making each day of your lives better than the previous one.
Much love,
Aman xo

]]> By: nappyvalleygirl http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-8626 nappyvalleygirl Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:32:32 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-8626 Little boys do say the cutest things. I feel similarly about Littleboy 2 - he is probably going to remain the youngest member of the family and to me he will always be the baby, even though he's just turned three. Little boys do say the cutest things. I feel similarly about Littleboy 2 – he is probably going to remain the youngest member of the family and to me he will always be the baby, even though he’s just turned three.

]]> By: Vic http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/2009/12/10/hes-got-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-8621 Vic Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:46:19 +0000 http://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.com/?p=1799#comment-8621 They'll always be our babies. We'll always want to mother them and smother them and totally forget how old they're growing so quickly. They’ll always be our babies. We’ll always want to mother them and smother them and totally forget how old they’re growing so quickly.

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