November 11, 2008
growing up is hard
I was carrying Charlie to his room last night, because he was coming off of a 24 hour stomach virus and was being all cute and pitiful and Charlie-like and I am a sucker for that baby cuteness, even though he’s six and weighs 50 pounds and has legs that are nearly as long as mine, and I said, “Oh buddy, I’m not going to be able to carry you around for much longer. You’re huge!”
“Oh no!” he said sadly, “That’s terrible! Because then I will have to WALK EVERYWHERE.”
Posted by Susan @ 10:39 am • Henry&Charlie
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November 11th, 2008 at 10:45 am, 3carnations Says:
My son is 4, and weighs 42 pounds. I carry him less and less these days. I’ve told him soon he will be able to carry me instead.
November 11th, 2008 at 10:46 am, Shannon Says:
Yeah, just like the REST OF US DO EVERY DAY! Right?!
November 11th, 2008 at 10:58 am, gorillabuns Says:
If you are wanting to carry something around, you can carry my spawn around all you want next month.
November 11th, 2008 at 11:33 am, Sue @ My Party of 6 Says:
So cute! I carried my 5-year old up the steps the other night and told him, when I got to the top, “That’s the LAST TIME I will ever do that!”
Hope no one else there gets the barfies.
November 11th, 2008 at 12:04 pm, Alison Says:
I know I’D like to be carried everywhere if it was an option.
November 11th, 2008 at 12:53 pm, Camels & Chocolate Says:
Hahaha, how cute! You don’t look like you could possibly weigh much more than that yourself, so I bet it’s hard!
November 11th, 2008 at 2:14 pm, A. Berkoski Says:
Where does he get his sense of sarcasm?
WE MAY NEVER KNOW.
November 11th, 2008 at 10:26 pm, Mom on the Run Says:
I don’t remember when I stopped carrying my first child. I guess at 2 when her sister was born. I do recall that I had to stop carrying my second child because she was so tall that I could not see past her head. My son is the youngest at 5…he has 10- and 12-year-old sisters. I savored everything about his babyhood and toddlerhood. I liked carrying him as he was relatively easy to carry…not much fidgeting. The problem at 2 he was as tall as and as heavy as a 3-4 year old. So, I soldiered on for another year, but by 3 I was done. He was too cumbersome. I was sad. I missed snuggling his neck as we walked somewhere.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:13 am, slynnro Says:
You can tell Charlie that he is cute enough that I will come carry him around when he gets to big for you. He is so damn cute.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:04 pm, mamalang Says:
I still carry my baby way more than I can. I told him the other day I was going to have to stop soon, and that made me sad. His reply melted my heart. “I know, because I’m your baby and I’m getting sooo big.”