Stuntboy getting rather excited....
My little stuntboy is five in a month…
Will you PLEASE just stop growing up?
I remember him being tiny and it seemed like only yesterday.
Now he is just huge…
And the scarey thing is, he wants to be even older, and even more enormous.
So this is just a plea to my son, and my daughter….
Give over already, and STOP….
I’m doing my best to see as much of you as I can.
But every day you seem to do something that’s oh so grown up, and I know that you aren’t that bootied baby anymore, and you won’t be that snotty school child much longer.
Look out – Stuntboy’s about!
It was something that happened a couple of weeks ago that got me thinking about how time is just passing oh so quick….
Stuntboy went into the big boy playground for the first time at school – he had the biggest, widest grin on his face. I had the smallest, weeniest tear in my eye.
It was only the opening of a playground gate to him, but to me it was so much more; it was the next stage in him needing me just that little bit less. And I don’t want that to happen too soon.
It hurt a bit to see the grin on his face; he was so desperate to do what his big sister has been doing for a year and play with all those big kids.
Admittedly, I would probably be a little bit more subdued, but I am pretty sure that those big kids haven’t a clue what hit them.
We don’t call him Stuntboy for nothing you know.
Are your kids growing up too fast too? What has made you think this recently? Join in with me using #growinguptoofast on Twitter using @Kiddycharts – or post a comment below.
Helen Neale
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!