Dear baby, this is why I'm saving 3 of your onesies
by Becky Vieira posted in Parenting
Dear baby,
One day you will go through this box of memories. Your hospital bracelet. Footprints. A lock of hair from your first trim. And baby clothes. Special baby clothes.
You may wonder why I saved these. Each has a different reason. One is what you wore home from the hospital. Another is what you had on when you took your first steps. This trio of onesies was saved for a very different reason.
I can remember them.
Right now your dad and I are preparing to pack and move to our new home. But first we have to take apart the house to go through everything. Everything. We have to choose what to save. What to give away. It?s not easy to dig through your life?s possessions.
The hardest, by far, is parting with your baby items. Clothes. Toys. The tiny bassinet in which you slept at the foot of our bed. For months it was your haven, your cocoon. I see it and immediately want to reach out my arms to pick you up as a newborn all over again. We held onto it for a bit because we weren?t sure if you?d have a sibling who?d need it. It was one of the hardest decisions your dad and I ever made. Ultimately we decided our family was already the perfect number. There will be no more babies. Yet I continued to hold on. Because I could. I gave some things to friends, but didn?t let go of the rest.
Now I have no choice. The time has come and so we part.
I must say goodbye to that bassinet.
The walker that helped you scoot around the house.
The toys you ...
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