Lately, I have been consumed with milestones. Researching and checking tables and charts to make sure we are doing everything we can to ensure Nolan is where he needs to be developmentally, physically, verbally and socially. Let me just say that this is so overwhelming! I know that a lot of this just comes naturally and at different paces for every baby but as a first time Mom I feel like I'm taking the test of my life and I haven't read every chapter in the book! In order to give myself some sense of sanity and to make sure I don't become over obsessed with this I have begun taking it one step at a time starting with a very simple nightly routine. This includes bath time, bottle time, activity mat or book time and then bedtime.
Bath time has become my favorite part of the day. It not only washes the day away for Nolan but it is almost therapy at this point for me. The Johnson & Johnson bedtime bath lavender smell, baby power and lotion - it all acts like aroma therapy for me. Nolan smells so good and feels so soft I could just eat him up! Then there is his laughing and splashing - it amazes me to see him figuring out that those little feet and legs belong to him and that he controls the splish splash of the water! I hope that in the future Nolan looks back (as I do now with my Mom) and remembers the love, comfort and security he felt going to bed every night!
