Me, G, and the Locust Tree

I really like this book. I have read it with my 3 year old son about a dozen times now. The art work is great. The message which could be the standard, ‘appreciate every minutes because they grow up so quick' was more nuanced. As a stay at home Dad and previously a nanny for my two nieces, I have spent the last 10 years with babies or toddlers. It can be incredibly frustrating at times, but also lots of wonderful.

What I don't need is to be told to appreciate every moment. What I do need, and what this book does, is a reminder that what we have now is wonderful and won't always last as it is right now. But we don't want it to. We want kids to grow up to be competent, loving adults. We want there to be times to look back lovingly. But we also want to be encouraged now to know that parenting is a good.

So I think I will probably buy this for a number of parents. Because like a lot of kids books, this is a message for parents more than the kids.