1
从你把宝宝抱在怀里的那一刻起，
你将再不会是从前那样。
你可能渴望你以前的生活，
那時你有自由和时间，
也没什么要特别担心。

2
你会体验你以前从未知道的疲倦，
而且日子会日复一日一成不变，
充满喂食和打嗝，
脏尿布和啼哭，
抱怨和争吵，
午睡或缺少午睡，
它可能看起来像一个永无休止的循环。

3
但别忘了…
每件事都有最后一次。
会有一个时刻是你最后一次喂宝宝吃饭。
漫长的一天后，他们在你怀里睡着
然后这成为你最后一次怀抱着你熟睡的孩子。

4
有一天，你会把宝宝抱在腰间再放下，
随后再也不会用同样的方式抱起他们。
某天晚上，你还在给他们洗澡时揉搓他们头发
从那一天之后，他们开始想要自己沐浴。
过马路时，他们会牵着你的手，
然后就再也不要牵了。
午夜时，他们会悄悄溜进你房间钻进你的怀抱，
这可能也是你最后一次因此而醒来。

5
有一天下午你会唱“两只老虎”
并做所有的动作，
然后可能再也不会唱起那首歌了。
他们会在学校门口和你亲吻告别，
第二天，他们可能会和你仅仅挥挥手只留下背影。
你会读最后的一篇睡前故事，最后一次擦拭小脏脸。
他们会最后一次举起双臂向你跑去。

6
事实是，你甚至不知道这是最后一次
直到再没有机会。
即使如此，你也需要一段时间才能意识到。

所以，当你正经历着这些时刻时，
请记住，也就只有这么多次，
当这些时刻一去不复返，你会希望还能再拥有这么一天。
最后一次。

1
From the moment you hold your baby in your arms,
you will never be the same.
You might long for the person you were before,
When you have freedom and time,
And nothing in particular to worry about.

2
You will know tiredness like you never knew it before,
And days will run into days that are exactly the same,
Full of feedings and burping,
Nappy changes and crying,
Whining and fighting,
Naps or a lack of naps,
It might seem like a never-ending cycle.

3
But don’t forget …
There is a last time for everything.
There will come a time when you will feed
your baby for the very last time.
They will fall asleep on you after a long day
And it will be the last time you ever hold your sleeping child.

4
One day you will carry them on your hip then set them down,
And never pick them up that way again.
You will scrub their hair in the bath one night
And from that day on they will want to bathe alone.
They will hold your hand to cross the road,
Then never reach for it again.
They will creep into your room at midnight for cuddles,
And it will be the last night you ever wake to this.

5
One afternoon you will sing “the wheels on the bus”
and do all the actions,
Then never sing them that song again.
They will kiss you goodbye at the school gate,
The next day they will ask to walk to the gate alone.
You will read a final bedtime story and wipe your last dirty face.
They will run to you with arms raised for the very last time.

6
The thing is, you won’t even know it’s the last time
Until there are no more times.
And even then, it will take you a while to realize.

So while you are living in these times,
remember there are only so many of them
and when they are gone, you will yearn for just one more day of them.
For one last time.