9.7kg

I took my adorable son to get weighed by the child health nurse yesterday and he is a huge 9.7kg. It is insane that I have a 9mth old baby. I can't get my head around the fact that I am someone's Mum, I feel about 15 years old most of the time. I've been thinking alot about people's perceptions of children and parenthood. Most people seem to think that children are a different species and should be treated as such. How would an adult react, I wonder, if I hit them for spilling their coffee on the floor or screamed at them in the shopping centre because they mentioned that they wanted to buy something. Children should be afforded the same courtesy and respect as anyone else. You cannot learn compassion for others without being shown compassion. You cannot learn to negotiate without being given the chance to practice negotiating. I could go on forever about this subject as it is my passion right now, being a teacher and a new Mum. I don't get how people think kids are hard work, that they somehow stop you from being able to enjoy life. It is impossible for me to explain what a difference my baby has made to me. I was happy before but now that happiness has a whole new dimension. I really didn't know it was possible to love someone so completely. Everthing about him brings me joy and satisfaction (even the sleepless nights were ok after I got used to them-watched way too much TV though). I don't ever want my boy to feel like he is in the way or that I've had to sacrifice my own dreams because of him. He is my dream and I hope he always knows it.