This was our first Christmas as a family of three! It was a time for my husband and I to figure out what Christmas traditions we wanted to start in our family…do we visit Santa? Do we make Christmas cookies? Do we make any special project off of my Pinterest board that I pinned years ago just waiting for this day to arrive!?!?
While I wish I could say we did all of those things and more, the truth is, we didn’t do anything.
Nothing…nada…zero…we didn’t even set up our Christmas tree or bring out one item of Christmas decorations.
The reasons we didn’t do anything are numerous…ranging from illnesses to new furniture delivery the day before Christmas (great timing on our part for that one). I had my moments of sadness thinking how could I not give my baby a first Christmas with decorations and a tree! What kind of mom was I!?!? But then Christmas came and went and as I look back I realize how silly I was…
- I realized that my son currently has no interest in Christmas decorations. We saw trees at other homes and my little guy could care less that the tree existed. He was more interested in his toys or where mommy was than a decorated tree.
- I realized that Christmas traditions are all about spending time together and making memories which is what we did, even if nothing we did was Christmas themed. I will have the memory of watching the excitement in my son’s eyes as he proudly takes the toys out of his toy bucket one by one and tosses them to the ground or the memory of the huge smile that washes over my son’s face when he hear’s the theme son to Daniel Tiger or the best memory of all and watching him learn how to say “mama”.
- I realized that life moves too fast and I need to cherish the fact that my son is only 7 months. He can’t sit up completely yet without falling over so how did I expect him to help make Christmas cookies! My son falls asleep in the car instantly so how did I expect him to drive around looking at Christmas lights that he couldn’t even see! There will come a time when we can do all of those things and more but right now I need to sit back and enjoy the simple fact that my little guy is 7 months old and his current joy is just laying on the ground chewing on his toys.
Being a new mom comes with so much pressure to be the picture perfect mom that I’m a little glad for my son’s First Christmas we focused on spending time together as a family instead of starting any holiday traditions.
There will be plenty of time to start those traditions, but right now, my little man would prefer to just spend time with his mommy and daddy and that is what we did!
How did you spend your Baby’s First Christmas?
