I can't believe it. The small, blue eyed, soapy smelling monkey child who would cling onto me as though he wanted to climb back inside is eighteen today. Technically at 8.47pm in fact because after twenty eight hours of walking up and down hospital corridors attached to a drip and cursing whoever said that 'natural childbirth' was 'powerful' - it all went wrong, I was flipped onto a bed (ok not so much flipped as heaved) and The Boy was dragged from me grumbling profusely. 'No change there' says A, 'he didn't want to leave his room then and he doesn't now.'
The Boy did grumble rather than cry but as he had uttered not a sound up to that point and several ashen faced doctors were gathered round him, we were pleased at any sound frankly. It was boiling hot, much like today, and A had smuggled in an electric fan which he kindly aimed at whichever bit was the sweatiest. Oh the romance. But finally I remember glancing at the clock at the exact moment that the Boy grumbled croakily and it was 8.47 and we had a son and he was fine.
Now he is eighteen and taller than me. He calls me 'Micro Mum' and when I try to remind him of stuff or tell him off he laughs at me. Happy Birthday Boy.
The Boy did grumble rather than cry but as he had uttered not a sound up to that point and several ashen faced doctors were gathered round him, we were pleased at any sound frankly. It was boiling hot, much like today, and A had smuggled in an electric fan which he kindly aimed at whichever bit was the sweatiest. Oh the romance. But finally I remember glancing at the clock at the exact moment that the Boy grumbled croakily and it was 8.47 and we had a son and he was fine.
Now he is eighteen and taller than me. He calls me 'Micro Mum' and when I try to remind him of stuff or tell him off he laughs at me. Happy Birthday Boy.
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Happy Birthday to your son. Truly, being a parent gives you great opportunities to do something you've never done before. Congratulations on your 18th year of nurturing someone's life.
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