by Dina Freeman posted in Mom Stories

My little baby girl is now 1 year old. As I look back over the last year my mind is swimming with milestones, but probably not the ones you?re thinking of.

 
Sure, first smile, first laugh, first steps, those are thrilling moments parents always remember. But the milestones that happen between those biggies are the ones that really change things.
I'm talking about the moments that sneak up and either bite you in the butt or make you jump for joy. They will change the course of your days and weeks and keep you on your toes, constantly trying to figure out the new normal.
Here are 17 milestones that don't get nearly enough press.
1. The day your baby takes over as paci-master. For the first few months, YOU are in charge of popping that thing back in every single time it falls out, whether it?s 3pm or 3am. And it falls out a lot. The day your baby reaches out, grasps the pacifier and puts it in her own mouth is one for the books.
2. The day you change your first huge poop blowout away from home. There?s something that changes in you the first time you unintentionally slide your hand into a huge pile of sticky, gummy poo with no sink or soap anywhere in sight. At first, you?re paralyzed, mouth wide open, breath held. Then you say things like uhhhhhhhhh and ummmmmm and other things that make absolutely no sense but buy your mind some critical time to process what has just went down. And when it does, you will turn from a deer in ...