1^st Day Reflections

 

What a day. The time’s flown

Since you came into our lives,

And here you are, all togged up,

Spick and span (for now) and five.

 

“Have you brushed your teeth properly?”

 

The 9 months pregnant pause

Before the unconfined joy.

Nothing really then to do but wait.

It didn’t matter, girl or boy.

 

“Are you sure you washed behind your ears?”

 

Everybody fussing round

And “It’ll all be worth the wait”

“Have you decided on a name yet”?

“When did it come? And what was the weight?”

 

“Make sure you go to the loo before we set off!”

 

I don’t think we were quite prepared,

Though we’d had plenty warnings,

Of how there’d be those sleepless nights

Preceding sleepless mornings

 

“Where did you put your other shoe?”

 

But once we had our set routine

And all the teeth arrived

We realised that life goes on,

And we might just about survive.

 

“Yes, I know your shirt’s a little big, but you’ll grow into it”

 

 I recall the first words spoken,

And though no-one else could tell

Exactly what the language was,

I could understand it very well

 

“How did you manage to get jam down there?”

 

What a time, those terrible twos,

The tantrums, and the ‘me me me’s’

That went on and on, it seemed forever,

And became the dreadful threes

 

“If you feel poorly, just tell the teacher”

 

Mumps and measles; chicken pox;

Childhood maladies and ills

What seemed a constant stream of

Potions, lotions, creams and pills

 

“Of course the teacher won’t shout at you”

 

Well, here we are, we’ve made it.

Perhaps I’ll shed a little tear,

But maybe, yes just maybe,

I’ll mix it with a quiet cheer.

 

“No! You have to stay all day”