Most of you here who have met me, would know that I am a mother, and what most would consider a "young mom".
Yes I had kids young, I was only 21/22, and I definitely didn't feel ready to be a parent then, especially living in a society where most women don't have kids until they're 30.
But when I fell pregnant at 21/22, not once did I consider that I didn't want to do this. I knew deep down, I would honour the commitment of being a parent, as best as I knew how, and however hard it would be.
And of course, it was hard, for many many reasons it was hard, even if just for the fact that I had only just started my 20s. At that age, I couldn't even say that I truly knew who I was.
At 25/26, I fell pregnant with my 2nd and youngest, Kaira. Again, I didn't feel ready for another child, it was tough in many ways, but I was glad to be allowed the chance to do things differently, and show what I had learnt from my first.
For most of my youth, I'd consider that I was quite the emotional cripple. Being a parent was what showed me what it truly means to love someone. My husband had a massive part to play in this too. But being a parent, and having a life dependent on you is really another level of love.
Kaira is turning 3 tomorrow (which means she'll officially be out of toddlerhood), and I always try to do a sort of "memory keepsake" for them when they have special birthdays, and to just show how much I love them. So I wanted to make this tribute post for her, that will forever be on the Steem blockchain!
So here it is, this is Kaira!
She had a beautiful water birth, in the comfort of our home
She grew to be a beautiful and chunky baby
She didn't sleep through the night in the beginning, but she did sleep sometimes
She was in such a hurry to grow up
She was breastfed until I couldn't anymore
She is well loved
She is an ice cream lover, mayo lover, and general food lover
She can be the wisest, cheekiest, cutest, loudest or most curious little human, whenever she wants to be
She is a big time watermelon lover
She is uniquely her
She is a budding traveller and world experiencer
She is a nature loving superstar
She has the perfect big sister for her
She is just awesome. I hope she continues to grow up happy, healthy and whole!
Happy 3rd Birthday Kaira ❤️
Thank you all for joining me in my little tribute to my beloved little girl!
I will be showing this post to my Facebook family and friends in a day or two, so please show some love and support, so it can hopefully entice some of the amazing and talented people in my FB circle to jump onto Steemit!
And if you are here from my facebook circle and would like to join this amazing Steemit community, where you can get paid to post and blog about something you love, meet so many people from all walks of life, and make new friends (from all over the world). (I know so many of you would have so much value to give here.) It's totally free to sign up! I will help and guide you as much as I can!
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Oh yesssss
This makes me so happy to see!!
Kaira the Kutie!
She's so adorable.
Love this little journey!
Big kiss to Kaira from me!
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Hehe thanks <3
So glad to know this will be here forever. I hope Kaira will enjoy seeing this one day when she's older :)
So adorable! My youngest is about to turn 4 in March... time flies huh? They go from infants to grown-ups too quick! My older son turned 11 in November, seems like just yesterday he was a toddler bumbling around.
Your post pumped up my morning with gratitude. Thank you!
Thank you lovely! Wow 11 (My eldest is only 6, so I can't even imagine)! It really does go so quick, and it's so easy sometimes to overlook how much they've grown/lived/learnt/achieved. That's one of the reasons I really wanted to do a post like this, it works as a great reminder for me, and definitely helps me stay grateful with having her in my life :) Glad it has done similarly for you <3
thank you :) children really are remarkable little powerhouses of potential. I'm amazed by some of the things my kids come up with. My 11 year old is teaching me coding LMAO
LOVE that! These kids man... I can't wait to see what our future holds, with all these amazing kids running the world one day <3
<3 seriously! crystal kids changing the world :)
This is so cute!!! I stumbled upon this post via @ashleykalia and now really want to meet your two munchkins! Can't wait to catch up so soon either - 1 week today. Yay. Xx
hehehe! They are cheeky and fun, my two, you'd get along with them just fine ;) See you soon!!!
Kaira looks SO sweet !!! I hope you had an awesome birthday for her girl !!!
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Thank you lovely! And thank you for making the effort to check up on everyone's posts from the group, hope you're feeling better <3
Such an amazing little girl, and family. I think that you can never fully be prepared to be a parent. But the love that comes from it is wonderful.
Happy Birthday to Kaira <3
Yes I agree, it is a beautiful kind of love, this unconditional love :)
Thank you <3
Happy Birthdayyy Kai kai! Love you all!
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They're amazing! Such a good vibe from all those pics. :) Happy Birthday Kaira from Canada!
Aww! So sweet! 😍
Thank you! It was hard work to make the post (had to go through thousands of pics and vids), but such a pleasure at the same time :)
Happy bday Kaira!!!!
Thank you :)
She is cute!
Thanks! She knows it too ;)