One minute our children are little babies, then tiny little toddlers and now they're wearing eye-liner and asking for clothes for Christmas.
While we know they have to grow up sometime, and of course we’re happy they’re becoming independent and developing into amazing people, we can’t help but find the transition extremely tough.
We're not READY!
Here are the signs our babies are growing up too fast for us:
1. When we or their gran tried to kiss them on the cheek they say, “Stop, what if someone sees?” Okay, we’re just going to hide somewhere and cry now.
2. When they ask for an iPad and clothes for Christmas and birthdays instead of toys. Mmf where is our baby gone?!
3. When they don’t want you to hold their hand when you cross the street anymore because they’re ‘big’ now.
4. When you discover a hidden little stash of eyeshadows and lip-glosses in their room.
5. When they take down the Aladdin poster and stick up one of a band or movie star. “But you LOVE Aladdin!” “Used to mum, used to.” Argh!
6. When they start to ask you to explain the lyrics of songs about heartbreak and unrequited love. Our own fault for blasting 80s power ballads in the car but still.
7. When they are not only the ones teaching us something but when they roll they eyes as if to say, “Ugh, you don’t know anything mum”, while they do it. I heard a noise. Oh wait it’s okay it’s just my heart breaking into a million pieces.
8. Our little girl wants a BRA. A real one. With underwire.
9. Our little baby boy wants to start shaving.
10. The way mum does their hair isn’t cool enough anymore. Now they want to look like Brooklyn Beckham or Ariana Grande.
11. 90% of the things you buy them are met with a “Mum I don’t like those anymore!”
12. They used to need us to feed them and burp them. Now they need us for lifts and money to go to the cinema.
13. They say, “Whatever mum” at least three times in a day.
14. They wonder what the nutritional value is of the food you give them. How did they get so freaking smart?
15. We have dipped our toe into saying, “Is this house a hotel?” and “I’m not a taxi service!” They’ve driven us to it!
16. They’ve brought a boyfriend / girlfriend home for dinner. We held them as mewling scraps in our arms and now they are dating? Sorry but we’re NOT ready for this. If we close our eyes will they be six again when we open them?
17. The necessary status of everything in their orbit is ‘cool’. If it doesn’t pass muster they don’t want to know. Runners? Cool. Hair? Cool. Schoolbag? Cool. How can we keep up these unattainable standards of cool? The baby books never mentioned this!
Can you relate mums? What do your 'all grown up' kids do that makes you go MMF I want my baby baaaack?!
