I was giving my kids a bath tonight when a thought struck me. This is probably one of the last times that I will be giving all 3 of them a bath at the same time. Bailey usually takes showers now. She is getting to that age where she needs my help less and less. Every once in a while she will hop in the tub with the babies just for fun, but it is rare.I remember giving Bailey her first bath like it was yesterday. We were so excited and nervous! She was so tiny and helpless and we weren't really sure if we were doing everything right. I don't know if it was because she was cold or what but she screamed when we put her in that water. From that day on one of us always got in with her until she was ready to get in on her own. After we started that she LOVED bath time!! She just needed to feel Mommy or Daddy close to make her more secure. And once she knew we were going to be there if she needed us, she was able to go it alone.
It won't be long before the rest of her life will be like that. We will spend all of these years teaching her, comforting her, guiding and loving her and then one day she will feel secure enough to go it alone. And she will know that we will always be here if she needs us.
I just wonder who is going to comfort us when that time comes!
Funny how a routine bath can send your mind in such a direction. 
1 comment:
Good Lord! Look at those feet!!! LOL!! J/K! Looks just like Haley's!! That is so cute!! You are such a deep thinker Ange!! Quit it!!!! ;) We don't need to think about them growing up do we?! hehe! Love ya!!!
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