Mommy……

Last night, the toddler woke up shortly before 4am in agony.
I entered his room to find him in pain.
A new molar is establishing residence within his adorable little mouth.
As I went to get him out of bed, he said
“Mommy…..owie! Mommy…..I peed. My bed wet.”
I scooped up that little man of mine and we made our way to the bathroom for a nice relaxing, calming, cooling bath.
After he climbed into the tub, he looked up at me and said
“Mommy……my bubbles? Where my bubbles go?”
I kindly honored his request and added some bubbles to the bath.
As he sat there playing, I kept wondering to myself, where my baby went.
When did he go from being a baby to a little man.
After another 5 minutes in the water, he turned to me and said
“Mommy….I all done.”
Together, we let the water out of the tub and I watched as he climbed over the side of the tub and stood on the bath mat waiting for me to wrap him in a towel.
As he climbed out he looked at me and said
“Mommy….where my towel?”
I grabbed his towel and wrapped him up.
He looked at me and said
“Mommy…..I brush teeth now?”
He climbed up on his stool, I gave him his toothbrush and away he went.
Scrubbing at his teeth, rinsing off his toothbrush and taking a drink of water and spitting it in the sink.
Again, I realized, my baby is no longer a baby.
We went in my room, climbed up on my bed and got him ready for bed.
He looked at me and said
“Mommy…..I sleep in daddy’s spot?”
I of course honored this request.
As we snuggled in bed and watched TV, he was filled will a million questions.
“Mommy…..where daddy go?”
“Mommy…..daddy at work?”
“Mommy…..daddy come home soon?”
And then, after 20 minutes of questions and answers he turned to me, gave me a big ol’ kiss and said
“Mommy…..I love you. G’night!”
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Mommy loves you too Monkey!