I wrote this last night as my baby girl will be 6 months in 5 days.It's raw and unpolished. I wrote it quickly last night to get my feelings out and wondered if anyone could relate? ...

Every so often it dawns on me that you, my baby, will not always be this small. You won't always want to be cuddled back to sleep or wake up and smile because mummy and daddy are there to look after you.

You won't always need to depend on me to survive and need to be shown how to do things like eat while staring at me with those big twinkley eyes in awe while I make funny faces to show you how to eat. You won't always think that me and daddy are the funniest people/thing ever, even though daddy thinks you'll always find him hilarious. You won't always enjoy my cuddles and kisses and you won't always snuggle into me for comfort as you drift off to sleep or to help you feel better when your upset. As you get older you will find comfort from others and want to spend time with other people you find interesting although I would of used to of been the most interesting person to you before. I want you to have an amazing life and to branch out, go for your dreams and make true friends. I want you to be happy and healthy and to believe in yourself! Me and your daddy probably couldn't believe in your anymore if we tried, we know you are capable of great things and that you can be whatever you want to be aslong as you put your mind too it. The thought of you not being my not so tiny baby one day is a hard thing to swallow but thinking of all the amazing things you can do with your life and the fun we can have with each year that comes around, where you go one step closer to becoming a beautiful young woman instead of my little squishy, soft chunky bundle of joy, it makes me happy to know you won't be a baby forever because you need to be able to live, to truly live and see the world and the amazing things it has to offer.

Although right now me and your daddy are the main part of your world, there is so much more to see and experience, you are stronger and more intelligent than you will ever know and although me and your daddy won't always be your whole world and your safe place that brings a smile to your face each day, you will ALWAYS be our whole world. I could go across the galaxy and never have what I have because of you, i feel I was born to a be your mummy and you make me complete. You make my whole world go round and have shown me how to love wholeheartedly with no fear or hesitation.

You make me a better person and even though I'm supposed to be the one helping to guide you through life, I feel like you are the one showing me the way. You have given me a purpose for living and shown me what life is truly about, it's about love and for me it's about you, my whole life is about you and I'm so happy it is. Love makes the world go round, remember that my darling.

You have taught me so much about myself and the world that only you as my child could show me. I feel privileged everyday to be your mummy and to have such a beautiful family. I love you and your daddy more than anything and I just hope that as you get older you still love my cuddles and kisses, even if you don't show it sometimes, I just hope I can always be your safe place, to be able to always make everything better and for you to feel the incredible amount of love that I have for you and will always try to give you and that I will always feel for you no matter what. I love you, my darling, with all my heart, I will always be greatly proud of you and you will always be my baby no matter what age you are.

Just don't grow up too fast.. enjoy the journey, time flies when your having fun and in the meantime I will be cherishing every moment as you make my life amazing because I have the incredible privilege of being your mummy Xxxx