From time to time my baby and me take a day off. A day off for us means we don't hear from each other for at least 24h and slip out of our roles. Why are we doing that?
Because it keeps us focused and we both have time to think about our relationship. We use this opportunity to reflect on the time since the last days off and how our relationship changed. We agree that that works for us pretty well and that there is nothing better than when your partner chooses you over and over again.
This is a picture from the evening after our last day off and a short story.
I did not hear from him for 24 hours. I didn't know what he did on his big boy day. We made some big steps in mommy baby things lately and I was really nervous if he wanted to continue our journey.
The door to his flat was open so I just entered it. How will it be this time? Have a chat as "adults" and then diaper him and cuddle? Will he want to stop? Was it to much lately?
I searched for him in the livingroom but couldn't find him. So I went in the bedroom. I expected to see that beautiful young man I date, sitting on the bed and smile at me. But things were different this time.
I got something else... I got that sweet little cuddle bug you see in the picture. Dressed in the cute sweater I bought him, an onesie and some pretty thick diapers. My fears of having asked to much from him lately were blown away and I couldn't help myself I had to smile. I GOT HIM BACK.
He turned around looked into my face and said that magical word... Mommy. I sat on the bed. He jumped on me and we had some intense cuddling. After that he couldn't stop talking. He had to tell me everything that happened in the last day. It's so cute when he is extra excited. Since it was obvious that he didn't need the "adult" talk this time, I wanted to push him further into baby space and began to inspect his outfit. I opened his onesie to check on his diapers. I noticed that he was a bit wet so I questioned him on that.
B: Yes I am a bit wet mommy.
A: That's my good boy, don't forget about your manners young man.
I turned him around to give him a soft smack on the butt but then I saw what he did. He painted "yours" on his diaper. I smiled and turned him on his back again.
A: Why did you paint that on your diapers baby?
B: uhm uhm... Baby noises... Uhm uhm... Because I like you mommy.
B: uhm.. Yes mommy... Uhm I love you... I just wanted to show you that I wanna be yours.
That was the moment he could no longer control his feelings and startet to talk like a waterfall. He told me about how much he missed me. How hard it is to play the big boy all day. How much he missed his toys... How much he missed his diapers... Good to know by the way 😅😜. I stroke his hair while he was resting his head on my lap and kept talking.
This evening ended with a diaper change and a bottle for him and a good cup of team for me.
I missed him as my baby and he missed his mommy. We both enjoyed our time off but also recognized that we both crave the md/lb dynamic a lot right now. The time off helps us to conserve the intense feelings we have for each other, although we tend to see every day.
We improve a lot lately, we have similar goals and a lot of love for each other. This baby brings the best out of me ❤️