I remember my sons first steps. I remember when he first learned to crawl. He leaned over and touched our cat. The cat looked back at him, with a look of disdain. However, the cat did not strike. The image of him learning to crawl will forever be imbedded in my mind, because it made me laugh.
I am making it a point to laugh more. If we find the humor or reasons to laugh through out the day, we just feel better. This parenting task is hard. Why do we have to be so serious. It is important, but that does not mean we cannot laugh and savor those funny moments.
It was cool how the kids seemed to smile for no reason when they were babies, because they were glad to see our huge faces. Maybe the look on our faces was funny to the little ones. I need to make more opportunities to laugh at eat phase of parenting. I once asked someone if it got easier. They just told me it was different. I choose not to see it as something to dread. I love to laugh about things that used to upset me.