Tuesday, 31 August 2010
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What I Have Learned in My First 3 Months as a Mother
Some of you may remember this blog, I thought it was about time I update you all with a little bit more of what I have learned these first three months with my beautiful (no really, she's gorgeous!) daughter.
1. You do forget how horrible childbirth is, you'll be ready for another one before you know it. Lucky me I have a scar to remind me.
2. You do use as many diapers as they say. Sometimes more if you child is like my daughter and enjoys peeing on them before you can even get the tabs closed.
3. You thought the attention was bad when you were pregnant, walk through the store with a 6 pound baby, even at 10 pounds and 2 months people still stop to ogle my "brand new" baby.
4. While showering may not be a luxury yet, shaving sure is, and you can just forget plucked eyebrows and painted nails!
5. Some food aversions stick, while I didn't throw up my Red Robin last night, I still can't look at yogurt without my stomach turning.
6. Talking about someone else's pooping habits become normal. I have countless "Has Maddie pooped today?" texts from Daddy.
7. Even with a dad that gets up with the baby throughout the night you wont get a solid 6-8 hour of sleep, baby wakes up, you wake up.
8. Suddenly making bottles, changing diapers and being puked on has more appeal than drinking with friends.
9. You Jump, I jump.. more along the lines of you puke, I puke.
10. When the second week of postpartum bleeding rolls around you long for the time of only 5 days of bleeding.
11. One smile really can make you fall in love, over and over.
12. When the pacifier goes missing at 3am cities may fall.. or at least hair will be lost.
13. Seeing the thing you created with the person you created it with really will melt your heart, every single time.
14. Hair pulling, scratching, and head bashing are forgivable offenses.
15. You don't need half the crap Babies R' Us tells you are the essentials. What they should tell you is 800 bibs are needed. Wipes should be bought in bulk. You can't swaddle with a square receiving blanket. Babies don't care about pants.
16. What I really learned in the past three months is what true unconditional love is, being a mother is the fastest way to figure out what it is like to love someone more than yourself and put any of their needs, no matter how small, before yours.
Have you experienced any of these lessons? What are some things you've learned in the first few months with your baby?
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- About Me: I'm a wife. I'm a mother to two beautiful children. I am blessed with a husband that works hard enough to allow me to stay home. I'm not nearly as motivated as I should be, I have super wife/mom dreams & fall somewhere about average. I don't fit in where I live, I'm a city girl stuck in Amish country Pennsylvania. I aspire to be healthy, inside & out. I'm damaged goods, & my husband still pays everyday for the damage he has done, I can't figure out how to stop myself yet. I am just a girl wishing I was safely underground. I seek inner peace & outer beauty. I look for the best in life, the meaning. I will be happy. This is my journey.
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Comments (9)
Yep, learned all of those!
I totally agree with nearly all of your points! And at the moment, am too sleep deprived to think of the ones I would add!
Definitely true :) My daughter is only 17 days old, but most of these I can already relate to...it's a really amazing thing.
Although I did learn that if baby doesn't poop regularly, if something is finally done to relieve constipation (like stretching her rectum, poor baby...), her bottom becomes a very dangerous thing to be near.
Also, poop becomes much less disgusting when it's coming out of something that's part you and part your favorite man in the world :)
I have totally experienced all of these. There's a rather large surplus of diapers left in my son's closet, but wipes are not always in stock. I find myself using TONS of them. You're right; the food aversions do stick. I can't look at another raspberry-filled doughnut the same way. I used to love them. :(
Number 13 is my favorite learned lesson so far. :)
I learned that I would not use even 1 of the 14 sleeping gowns I thought were necessary to buy. I also never used the bottle warmer (yet anyway). My daughter is 3 months old tomorrow. We don't go through many bibs but we do own 40+ burp cloths and still seem to run out in a few days. I still don't know how that happens. It's like they magically get dirty. I agree with the swaddling! Luckily I had made my own 42'' square blankets that were perfect, plus purchased some AWESOME very large blankets that work great. I learned that disposable diapers aren't better, just more convenient. Only the cloth keeps in the baby poop that's stored up for 2 days before exploding. Seriously... babies don't poop, they have little explosions. I learned to literally jog to the changing table upon hearing the rumbles.
It is all so true.
Swaddlers and pants are a waste of time and energy. She did everything she could think of to try to get out of both!
The hormones don't leave your body when baby does.
I used to be pretty put-together, it's clearing up a little now, but every time something sad happens with a kid (Or animal, haha) on a fictional TV show, I'm a sack of tears.
These are wonderful! I could not agree more with you about #13...
I have also learned to be flexible. A lot of moms swear up and down "I will never use a pacifier" or "I will only use X-brand of diapers" and ya know what? Baby might just need a pacifier or may constantly poop out the side of X-brand of diapers. Babies teach you to relax and slow down and enjoy the little things. They also distract you from the housework!
This was awesome to read. I love hearing what people have learned. Thanks for sharing :)