Mummascribbles – Time flies – Mummascribbles

Tomorrow, my darling nephew starts secondary school (that’s high school to those not in the UK!).

I remember the moment when I received the news that my sister was pregnant: I cried.

I remember the moment that I heard he had been born: I cried.

I remember seeing him for the first time in his little moses basket:; I cried!

It was the start of a wonderful bond between he and I.

I spent a lot of time with them when he was a small baby. I looked after him at weekends when my sister worked. I stayed at their house a lot and was always the first to wake when he cried, the first to run in to him in the night before my sister managed to get in to give him the milk he required.

I spent many hours singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to him whilst stroking his hand to get him off to sleep.

He grew up with me as a permanent Aunt in his life, not one that dipped in and dipped out; I was almost like a second mum to him!

Now he is almost 12 and starting big school.

The biggest new chapter in his little life so far.

He is excited; my sister a bag of nerves.

It has been incredible watching him grow but it has gone so fast that it makes me wish my little one could stay little forever!

The most incredible thing about my charming nephew (other than his multitude of talents that makes me sick), is the bond he has with Zach. He is the best cousin that Zach could wish for. They absolutely adore each other and considering there is exactly 10 years age difference between them, you’d think they were brothers!

It’s easy to say that you have to enjoy every moment with your little ones because they grow so fast; sometimes life just simply gets in the way of being able to focus on this despite how much we want to. But life really does fly by. Our beautiful babies grow into cheeky toddlers, to charming young boys and girls, to dashing young men and ladies and then to parents themselves.

As my sister waves my nephew off into his new journey tomorrow morning, I will take an extra moment to hug my baby boy and treasure that specific moment that I have with him.

For one day it will be me waving off my little boy, wondering if he’s made it to school, if he’s making friends, if he’s learning what he should be.

Life really does fly by.

Tags: mummyhood, nephew, Parenting, Toddler