Today on the blog – Helen wonders just how to capture those precious baby moments. In papier mache perhaps??

As I spent an hour hairdrying a papier mache earthworm this afternoon (6 year old’s homework – don’t ask) watched by my bemused baby, it suddenly struck me that he is 3 months old already.  Where on earth has that time gone?  I’m sure three months with my first baby felt like three years, but with number three the time has just flown, the piles of outgrown baby clothes mount up, and before I know it he will be on the move and chomping on his first banana.

precious moments

So how do I capture these moments and treasure them?  How can I remember how amazing it feels right now to just put my face to his soft soft cheek, and breathe in his gorgeous baby smell?  I never want to forget but some things just can’t be put in a treasures box, or caught on film.  The magic of his smile and how it can make a sleepless night entirely irrelevant.  The tiny things like the way his whole body moves when he smiles, or the twinkle in his eye when he is enjoying our antics to entertain him.

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