{"id":9162,"date":"2015-04-24T12:18:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T17:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/?p=9162"},"modified":"2015-04-24T12:18:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T17:18:45","slug":"my-baby-is-growing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/2015\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"My baby is growing up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Nathan asked to snuggle with me last night and it really hit me that my baby is growing up.<\/h3>\n<h3>He loves to snuggle during the day but it&#8217;s very rare that he refuses to go to bed at night and asks to snuggle.<\/h3>\n<h3>As he laid in the crook of my arm and wiggled and squirmed felt an overwhelming sadness. I haven&#8217;t posted about it on the blog definitively but he is our last baby and knowing that I am closing that chapter forever is a relief and heartbreaking at the same time.<\/h3>\n<h3>All my life I&#8217;ve wanted to be a mom and I am and it&#8217;s the most amazing job anyone could ask for. It&#8217;s the most rewarding and it&#8217;s the most challenging. I have days where I just can&#8217;t figure out how to get through without going crazy.<\/h3>\n<h3>I know there&#8217;s no way I could have a fourth child. With homeschool, I am pushed to the max everyday.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>I was tired and exhausted and desperately wanted alone time with my husband but I just laid there and savored Nathan&#8217;s not so great smelling toddler scent.<\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9163\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0798-e1429895872419.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0798\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0798-e1429895872419.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0798-e1429895872419-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0798-e1429895872419-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0798-e1429895872419-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0801-e1429895889668.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0801\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0801-e1429895889668.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0801-e1429895889668-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0801-e1429895889668-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0801-e1429895889668-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>It&#8217;s hard to believe my baby is going to be four in a few weeks.<\/h3>\n<h3>We are beginning an entirely new chapter in our lives where we no longer have a baby.<\/h3>\n<h3>Nathan&#8217;s been in his big boy bed since December. I think it was probably official then that he was really truly a toddler or really a preschooler, and not my baby.<\/h3>\n<h3>I can sorta see why my mom had nine kids. Not that I would EVER want nine kids. I can&#8217;t complain though. If she hadn&#8217;t been a lover of the babies I would not be here.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan asked to snuggle with me last night and it really hit me that my baby is growing up. He loves to snuggle during the day but it&#8217;s very rare that he refuses to go to bed at night and asks to snuggle. 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