Just wondering if anyone else feels this. I have a 1 & 2 year old and recently sold our double pushchair as my eldest hated being in it during the last few months, and pushchair walks tended to be few and far between anyway, i would tend to just go on short trips where a trolley was in use or just hop out of the car into a toddler group or something. I spent a lot of time walking this route around where i live when my 1st was born, then i fell pregnant again when she was 4 months old, walked same route throughout pregnancy, when my second was born i carried on walking this route. I would pass the other usual mums with their pushchairs, and it seemed sometimes in the dark and thick of the early days, the only time i felt at peace were on those walks, enjoying the fresh air.
Obviously now they're toddlers i don’t have those peaceful pushchair walks anymore, and i drove by my old route today and couldnt help but feel a sadness that i won’t get that again (don’t plan on having a 3rd). It just felt very nostalgic like i could almost see myself walking those paths and i could almost literally feel the ground beneath me and know what kerb was coming up and which bit to go down with the pushchair wheels etc.
I know its common to “mourn” certain aspects of motherhood when our littles grow up but I hadnt ever seen or heard mention of the pushchair walks! Does anyone else have this or have felt it before?