Suggestions?

Ok. I need some major help here. This baby of mine turns 3 by the end of the month, and I don’t really know what to do with myself. The other day, she woke up from a nap, and I grabbed my camera because she is growing up too fast!

She’s not a baby-baby any more, and I’m going a little bit crazy.  Suggestions??!??

Thank goodness she has the cutest baby faces, and she cuddles me like she’s still an infant. She calls me “Moth-er” and nuzzles me like a puppy. She’s my angel baby.

But three years old? There has got to be a ban on that sort of thing.

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  • Robin Lemke

    What a pretty little thing! She does sound like an angel baby. ;) My youngest is 4 1/2 so I well understand wanting to freeze them in time. ((hugs))

  • http://www.isthisreallymylife.com/ Emily

    That little girl is a doll! I wish I knew how to stop time or at least slow it as they grow. This is one of my favorite ages, from 3 to about 6. So yummy!

  • http://fabricmutt.blogspot.com/ Heidi

    Tell me about it…my youngest turns 2 this September. How can that possibly be happening??

  • Kym

    She’s the sweetest & I love her little blankie – my 10 year old still sleeps with her ‘blankie’ (an old pillow slip that is thread bare!) My oldest are 20 & 18, so so glad she still loves cuddles. Enjoy her!

  • Caroline

    What a beautiful little girl! I remember feeling as you described above. I have 7 year old twin girls now and at each stage of their development I have wanted to freeze time as I have enjoyed them so much – but I am finding that as they grow older, they are even more enjoyable and even more fun! Instead of laughing at their mispronounciations and funny comments, we now laugh at their jokes and their individual senses of humour. I thought I would miss their cuteness, but how they are now is absolutely delightful (most of the time of course!!) I am able to shre much more of my love of creating things and they are rapidly becoming fabricoholics like me!!!

  • http://jmday.com Jeannette @ jmday.com

    While, I, too, am saddened by the thoughts of my babies growing up, I must agree with Caroline that each age is more and more delightful. :) You’re already doing what you can to freeze time… taking lots of photos.

  • Sara

    She looks just like yo Sarah!

    If only there was a way to freeze the best moments in our kiddos:)

  • http://www.paintingsbymarissa.com Terri

    Cuddle up with her as often as you can, nuzzle her next to you and breathe in her unique smell (you’ve probably already got it memorized), and keep taking those photos! They grow up WAY TOO FAST don’t they? She’s a little doll, but you already know that. :) All your kids are beautiful and talented, to be sure.

  • http://www.mommysaidsew.com Liz Mouse

    I know! My blonde haired blue eyed angel Grace is turning three in July. I think the thing I’ll miss most about the two year old year is that adorable little voice. But her older sister Lauren (5) just started taking her own showers, so there are upsides like the independence they gain as they grow up!

  • lee

    How sweet – enjoy enjoy – at least she is not asking for the car keys yet :) my “baby” just turned 21 :)

  • Katharine

    sorry, the only remedy i know is to have another baby :) and that will only make her grow up faster!

  • http://hudsonsholidays.blogspot.com Shirley Hudson

    What a sweetie!!!
    I know how you feel….my one and only sweet little girl is now 14!!! But I want to tell you that when they go through each stage…it is awesome…..great times for each small section of their lifes. My daughter now helps me with my pattern business…she comes up with great ideas, she knows so much from school, life, and her family. As she gets closer to being grown up…I am amazed….and I can’t wait to share all the other times in her life coming up!!! Cherish the moments now…but know there are so many more in the future!
    Shirley

  • Jen

    She’s absolutely beautiful… clearly you should have many more babies!!! I know how you feel – my “baby” is 3 and a half. The days go slowly, but the years sure go fast!

    • sarahjanestudios

      Ha ha! So true. That’s for sure how God gets more babies in the world! They are just so darn adorable!!

  • http://www.bring-joy.com Janae Wise @ Bring-Joy

    I completely feel ya. My 3 year old, is turning 4 in a few weeks & I’m beside myself. I never thought I’d hate to see my kids grow up so fast as much as I do.

    My suggestion, at least this is what I’ve been trying to do, is to snuggle & love & try to sneek in as many kisses, hugs, & giggle time as I can before she’s “too old” for that kind of thing.

    Your little girl is a doll!

  • Heather

    My little girl turns 3 tomorrow and every time I look at her I wonder where the time has gone. She as gotten so big and independent that I savor moment that she will sit with me and cuddle.

  • http://bloomsnbugs.blogspot.com/ Anshu

    OMG! She’s so cute!
    If you find out a way please do share… Mine will turn 3 by the end of this year and I just want to stop the clock right here too…

  • Sarah

    Oh Ella Jane is precious!!! My oldest just turned 3 today! I also can’t believe it. I don’t have any suggestions as I am in the same boat, wondering how I might be able to slow time.

  • Sarah

    Ps. My 3 year old has been requesting “A Christmas Goodnight” every night before bed recently. She gets so excited at the end and yells “Tomorrow is Christmas Day”. Then she tells me she wants it to be Christmas. Thank you for such a cute book!

  • http://www.portabellopixie.typepad.com Sandi

    Ohhhh.. you know I love me some Ella. Best option? Have another. :)

  • http://www.minimepaperdolls.com Hannah @ MiniMe Paperdolls

    I loved Caroline’s comment. I love this stage but it will be so fun as they grow too. I feel like I’ve watched Ella grow up! When I discovered you, you were posting cute photos of yourself pregnant with her. She is a cherub.

  • http://www.craftymumma.com Gab

    Oh Sarah, She is just the spitting image of you… such an adorable little princess. My baby turns 4 in August and the only suggestions I can give is to enJOY, make time and just PLAY! Write, journal and draw everything and anything that will jog your memory of the things she does, says and makes you giggle! Draw her gorgeous little face in the middle of the page and draw speech bubbles of the things she says, little pictures of her favourite things, things she loves, hates…. Then fame it :) a beautiful reminder (and keepsake) of everything that was her at 3. xx

  • Juanita

    I just love my cuddly little people too (2, 4, and 6)! Don’t forget video too! And just a thought…I’d screen capture the first page of you blog if I were you–the side by side of you and your little girl is adorable.

  • sarahjanestudios

    Yes! So true….it does get better. I LOVE the stage my 6 and 7 year olds are in. But it’s their little voices, and the way they walk…and start making connections with the world. Oh dear. Good to know I’m not alone here…this really is such a fun age. I had to laugh though, because last night’s bedtime was as dramatic as they get. So much for “angel baby” right? :)

  • http://www.cailamade.com Caila

    Such beautiful pictures of your girlie! If you figure out how to stop time, let me know. My three blondies are growing up way. too. fast.

  • jen

    oh my goodness. I can’t imagine 3. our daughter is about to turn 2 in a month and a week and my husband and I both say to each other every night how much she is growing up!

  • http://www.anhandmadedesigns.com Alessia

    Hi Jane
    I know exactly what you mean! I only have one daughter and she is already 4 (..and a half, like she loves to underline nowadays…) and I can’t believe the time passed like the wind! My mom used to tell me , but I didn’t really believe her…Now I’m a mommy too and I hear myself saying the same things she used to tell me. ” I wish I could have you and your sister little for just one day …to hold you all in my arms..”

  • Christine M

    Bask in the magnificent glory of “3″. (I am struggling to embrace “18″…sigh.) And then have another baby! :)

  • http://www.christinegrove.com christine grove

    My oldest turns 16 next month. 16!?!?!? I even had her sign a contract not to grow. It is not being adhered to and I am quite upset. Few more yrs and they’re off to college (she & her younger brother are 17.5 months apart) I fear I may end up an old lady with a million cats. I don’t even like cats.

    On a serious note, so much good about each age. Enjoy her ’3′. Motherhood is the only occasion you get to feel glorious and heartbroken all at the same time.

  • http://makingmorewithless.blogspot.com Alisa

    Suggestions… ? Have another one! :-)

    My baby is 3 as well and yes, I miss the baby stage.

  • Beth

    She is gorgeous! Time goes so quickly. I agree, time for another!

  • Jodi Robertson

    My little girl turns 2 in August and I can’t get over it. She is a little girl now not a baby. Only way I get through it is to focus on the wonderful “New” things she is doing & take the time out every now and then to just enjoy the little person she is becoming – it is stunning to me how much and how fast she is learning at the moment.

  • http://peekabooprints.blogspot.com jenny

    So beautiful Sarah! I hate Ruby tiring 3 too!!

  • http://www.jumpintoabook.com Valarie Budayr

    What a sweet and beautiful little growing girl you have there. I too love the various stages kids go through as they grow. There are a couple of things that I have done to remember them growing up and to stop time a bit.

    Every year I take a little snip of their hair. I also caste their hands on their birthdays and save one sock each time they go up a size.

    Even with all of this Sarah they grew up. My baby is 13. How did that happen?

  • Katy

    Oh my cuteness! You really do capture your children so beautifully Sarah Jane. x

  • amorette

    probably to do the only thing you can do- embrace it! three is so fun and exciting and full of energy and wonder. babies are fantastic, but so are toddlers! and more so in a lot of ways. we love them to be babies, but you are about to find out how much you will adore your toddler.

  • http://www.wonderlaneart.blogspot.com Missy Anne

    Her little angel face just melts my heart! I can see why you want this to last a bit longer! My baby is 5 and my oldest is almost 12. *sigh* Time goes too fast, but I do love every new stage and write like a crazy person every thing I can remember about them at each one, even the mundane. Because someday it won’t be as easy to remember!

  • http://artteajannell.blogspot.com Jannell

    Oh my! Darling, darling little thing. Even better things to come. My six are 28 down to 9. As they grow up I am more and more glad we had lots. Never too many. They grow up fast. “With children, the days are long, the years short.” (unknown)

    artteajannell.blogspot.com

  • Ludwien

    Wow she is so beautiful and cute! (: xx

  • http://songskatesang.typepad.com/ Kate @ Songs Kate Sang

    I promise… it just gets better and better. Julia is 12 and I adore every moment and love what a great conversations we have!

  • Lynne

    Ohhhhh! Sigh….! May she continue to be the beautiful, sweet girl she is -and may you continue to see the sweetness in her at 6 and 9 and 13 and 20…..!

  • http://cutestdollsever.blogspot.com Jenny

    Oh my goodness…my baby just tirned 4. I had to laugh because Kash says to me all the time “i love you Mother”. It pretty much melts my heart :)

  • Melanie

    My best advice for surviving 3 is QUIET TIME BINS. I’ve had 3 of my 4 kids transition through 3 years of age and in my opinion the twos might be terrible but the 3s are the true trial. I have 5 quiet time bins, one for each week day, and each afternoon when the youngest is napping, my child goes into a space by herself, far from mummy (well at least out of sight so I can get some peace and quiet!) and for one hour she has quiet time. The things in the bin are only seen once a week for one hour so they are pretty special. If you check pinterest you can find ideas. Mine are themed: one is a nature bin (rocks, trigs, silk flowers) with playdough. Another is all art supplies (new markers, graph paper, special stickers, bingo daubbers). Another has random pieces of rubber bands, metal doodads (random parts from machines or washers or clothespins), shoelaces, babyfood jars, and marbles and even though there is no obvious direction for play this is the most loved bin. Set a little timer and insist on one hour of quiet play. you can work up from 15 minutes to an hour by increments over a couple weeks. You won’t regret it. Become my facebook friend – I post lots of survival tips and also just humour at the craziness of being a mum. (melanie harmsma)

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