First steps
There are so many firsts in a young child’s life; the first smile, the first word and the first steps. These milestones are highly anticipated and embraced by parents universally with great celebration. Every parent will remember the first time their baby looked into their eyes with recognition and love and an uninhibited smile spreading across their face. Gold.
But babies are not babies for long. In the blink of an eye they grow up, and quite literally, stand up! My three “babies” were all eager to get moving. They didn’t want to sit back and observe the world around them; they wanted to be amongst the action, and in fact creating the action (read: distraction) with great enthusiasm. I remember when my first-born started crawling and climbing; an experienced mum said to me, “Nothing is sacred in your house anymore.” And boy was she right!…