Well sometimes you can get a surprise when you think this is the last time for … but then years later you find its not.
My eldest had a bad accident so without warning I was more then tending to grazed knees. I was also back to showering her, etc

All these lasts made me emotional. My daughter is really growing up too fast

Oh this is so sad. How true, we are all so focussed on firsts, the lasts slip by un noticed

I remember the last time they believed in Santa and our Elf. I felt guilty for not telling them sooner because they were about to head off to High School. At least they didn’t feel to devastated once they found out.

The last snuggle in bed is reality already for 3 of my kids, luckily there’s still who does that.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 06 Jul 2024 , 5:30 am

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  The good thing is this happens over time and you kind of grow towards them becoming more independent

Oh my goodness. My baby is only a month old and just the thought of these lasts made me tear up. Time is already going fast, gaining almost a kg and getting longer. Makes me so excited and a little sad all at the same time.

This makes me sad, as a mum, I’m not ready for any of the lasts with any of my kids

This is giving me all the feels! The one that hit me the most was the last time my daughter let me rock her to sleep, and the last breastfeed I did.

We are having lots more lasts now as we have teenagers. We have another last first day of this year school (still one more kid after him), last kid getting their learners this year as well. Last kid to get their braces off next week. Some are making me happy, others less happy.

A very teary sort of post – however, with all these lasts mentioned there are always first. Sometimes in life the lasts are the final ending with no firsts to follow. Please pray that is a long time away for you all!

I must agree that I hadn’t really notice this happening. Made me sad that I didn’t even think about this before now I can’t stop thinking about all of these things.

I cried when I read this article on lasts. I thought of my own kids lasts times 3 then with my first 2 grandkids I looked after while mum worked, we had lots of lasts there as well, the last time they needed the stroller to go for a walk, the last time they needed me to cuddle them while they had their bottle, the last time they needed a daytime nappy because they had graduated to little undies, a great first I must say but also a sad last. That’s just a few but there were many more, too tear jerking for me to write about. Very sad times for me and of course mummy.

Very true everything is a stage in life and it’s an amazing experience to go through motherhood

Oh my goodness,I don’t even want to think about these things lol.
It will definitely be sad. I always joke with my husband that I want to keep popping out kids so that we will forever have a full home as it will be even more sad when they’re all grown up and leave home!

So true! What a wild ride motherhood is.

I’m dreading last cuddles. Although i constantly ask my boys whether they will still hug me when they are teenagers! So far they have said yes, here’s hoping!

Reading this makes me feel a bit sad but so far with every “last” there’s still new firsts.. I have a teenager now and even though I don’t push her on the swings any more we still share a lot of special firsts… boyfriends, kisses, driving…….I just don’t want to think about the day any of them grow up and move out

Yes, this is a sad part of motherhood/parenthood. There are so many lasts. Their last day believing in Santa/Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy. Their last day at primary school. Their last day at high school. And the list goes on.

They do grow up way to quickly

Yep, I often enough think “where has the time gone” ?