Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Reminder

Hi Kelly,

Today is January 22.Your baby boy is 4 days away from 6 months old and tomorrow, your sweet little girl will 27 months. Right now, you feel like Ryder will never sleep through the night and Charlotte will never be potty-trained or sleep in a bed.

In a year, when all those things have happened, come back and read this. And cry that your babies aren't babies anymore.


Mother, O' Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth.
Hang out the washing, make up the bed,
Sew on a button and butter the bread.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,
Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo.
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due,
Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek - peekaboo.
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew,
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo.
But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?
Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo.
The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow,
But children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.


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