I'm not ready to let go of the newborn stage

My son has just turned 6 months and I'm completely freaking out. I can't believe where time has gone and I'm not ready to let go of the newborn stage. My baby isn't tiny anymore - he can sit up, move around and constantly tries to communicate.

I know they say 6 months is a good time to move your baby into their own room but each week I seem to find another (rather rubbish) excuse to wait another week. If I'm honest I really don't think I'm going to be ready next week either. I love waking up to him every morning.

I'm also not ready to give up the endless sleepy cuddles on the sofa. These are already slowly becoming less frequent and usually result in my son pulling my hair out or kicking me in the stomach!

I wish I didn't have to share my son with everyone. Now he's not a newborn it's becoming more and more acceptable for friends and family to insist on babysitting him. I have no excuse other than I miss him uncontrollably after leaving him for an hour. All I can think about is whether he need his mummy, but I know in reality he doesn't and it's important to have time apart now and again.

I'm not ready to give up bottle feeds! I love feeding my son his bottle everyday and look forward to that quiet time me and him share together. However, the older he's getting the less often these happen which is really upsetting for me. Messy chicken dinner thrown on the floor just isn't the same.

I absolutely love everything about the newborn stage. As hard as some parts are, I'd do it all again in a flash (if I didn't have to give birth first). The only thing I'm definitely ready to give up is  the 'lack of sleep'!

I want endless sleepy cuddles.

Dressing your newborn is so much easier. As soon as they can move it's game over!

Catching up on sleep after being up all night. Lack of sleep is something I wont miss.

This was one of my favourite ways to carry my son, he loved it as much as me. I think we are both going to miss this.

My milk drunk newborn!

It's so easy to get a cute photo of your newborn. Take as many as you can because soon they wont sit still!

Snuggly bottle feeds.

I wish I could freeze time and keep him newborn for a little bit longer.

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