How to deal with “lasts”?

Lately I’ve been feeling extra emotional. My little one is 5 months old and hitting milestone after milestone. I absolutely adore this stage (and I have no desire to relive the newborn trenches!), but I can’t help getting teary when she outgrows a size of clothing, when we had to sell her bassinet and moses basket, when we adjusted the stroller so she could sit up and see the world, or when we upgraded her car seat. Today I put her pram bassinet in a box ready to ship to an expecting mum tomorrow morning and one or two tears might have hit the cardboard.

Right now I’m contact napping with her, just staring at her crib and knowing that after our December vacation she’ll be moving into a cot. Today she had her very first spoonful of yogurt, and I honestly teared up seeing her sit there and open her mouth, ready to eat. I’m tearing up again just writing this.

How do you cope with these bittersweet moments? I can understand why some people choose to have another baby to relive them all over again, but I don’t feel like having a second should be to repeat a memory. I also don’t want a second, I had a horrible birth that almost cost me my life and I’m at peace with our choice to only have one and give her the best life we can but I’ve been feeling so emotional.