All the World's a Phase

My latest “new mom” revelation is that everything we encounter with little Rebekah is probably a phase. I had this revelation a month ago when we were at a friend’s baby’s baptism. I was looking at my nephew – who is so full of energy and always trying to explore everything – and I looked at the older kids who were calmly sitting in the pew attending to what was happening at the baptismal font. I realized that nothing lasts forever, that these little kids get bigger and more mature and more self-sufficient.

With Rebekah, we had an interesting phase about a week ago. She had been so good about sleeping from day one – well, once we could get her to sleep she would stay asleep for a long time. Then, during my second week back to work, she started waking up at 5…then at 4:30…then at 4… Once I discovered she was hungry (and was eating about 10 times during the day too!), I thought “Must be her 3 month growth spurt…this too shall pass.”

And pass it did. One morning we woke up for work and she was still asleep! Adam went to check on her and everything seemed fine. Ever since then her sleeping through the night seems to be back on track…for now. :)

As true as this this phase idea is for the phases we want to pass quickly, it is true for the ones we want to last! I know one day she will be mobile, and as much as I got excited when she rolled over that one time (she hasn’t done it since…), I’m appreciating how easy it is right now because I know she won’t move too far from where I put her down.

And I’m trying to cherish and enjoy the little baby things she does everyday. Like her new obsession with making spit bubbles:

Or her little giggles and baby noises that come when I just look at her with a funny face or make a funny noise:

Or her being able to sit up, but not quite…

Or her being able to push up, but not quite…

I cherish all of this because I know, one day, this too shall pass…