There is a swift but sweet stage between 9 and 18 months where your toddler will walk by the coffee table and see Vogue magazine upside down and say “MOMMA!”
You will say to yourself- what a clever and perfect child- she sees me as I am. Beautiful.
(In my wrinkled clothes with spit up and hair not brushed at the back.)
Then, later the TV comes on and toddler sees
Jackie Kennedy the early years – and she screams-“Momma”
I love that child
after a music video with Beyonce and again- “Momma”
this child has great instincts and does not see colour
soon on comes Bugs Bunny
wait for it-
“Momma !”