My princess

Motherhood is certainly something that grows on you....

Why so nostalgic?

Last night, I logged onto Facebook to nose through my friends' pictures and I caught sight of Sophie's animal party. She is the 3 year old daughter of an ex-classmate from SCGS and her hubby, a French guy, and they are living in Beijing at the moment. Sophie is beautiful and her mum posted that she could not believe how time passed and her beautiful daughter was now 3.

Then it really hit me. Time really has passed. I have yet to meet Sophie in person but through her pictures that her mum posts regularly, I have seen her grow over the past 2 years and SHE IS NOW 3!

And Madison is already 14 months ( and counting !)



So then I felt a little sad that my princess wouldn't be small for long. That she was growing up way too quickly for me. ( even though it's really only been a year ) From the helpless infant that she was to the toddling, blabbling little cheeky monkey that climbs all over the place that she is now.

It's amazing how time really erases all the bad memories of early infanthood. All it took was a year! No wonder people do go on to 2nd and 3rd children. I didn't feel this way 6 months ago, but now I think I am almost ready for number 2. Incredible.

Geok is also finally in labour, although hers is completely different from mine. I was lucky. My pain started at 3 am, checked into KKH at 6am and Madison was out by 12 noon. Geok is overdue by 3 days, she started labour pains 1 or 2 days ago and finally it's progressed to 1 in 20minutes. Of course she didn't get much sleep last night. Good luck to her!

I know we should try not to have too much regret or guilt over how we parent... but I can't help it. Am I doing enough? Should I spend more time with her? Should I be with her all the time? Am I being selfish for wanting to spend some time alone everyday? When every moment is a growing , learning opportunity for her? It's a daily battle.

My greatest wish for her, (besides the usual success in life, acheive her potentials, become a doctor-lawyer-professional golfer/tennis player- entrepreneur- successful person blah blah ) is to always stay her happy self, have the never-say -die attitute and confidence. But that's universal, isn't it?