This journey of motherhood has been truly eye-opening. I’ve learned more about myself in the last 4 months than I think I did in the 24 years leading up to this point. And with that, I’ve learned to adapt, not sweat the small stuff, and go with the flow, which has humbled me in more ways than I realized it would. I’ve compiled a list of mama confessions from the past week. I labeled this as “part 1”, because I’m sure as I continue on this journey there will be many many more mama confessions. I hope my other mama friends can relate, give me a little grace (and hold back judgement, because let’s be honest, we’ve all been there), and maybe get a little chuckle over my new-found dysfunctional life.
- I’m still wearing my maternity underwear. They’re soft, comfortable, and don’t ride up my crack. Let’s just say I’m being super prepared for round 2 (not an announcement, we’re still trying to figure the first one out).
- Our professional puker threw up on the kitchen floor. And I let the dog lick it up. Anything to save me one more time of being on my hands and knees on that kitchen floor.
- The above said puker threw up in my bed in the middle of the night. I threw a towel down and slept like that for 3 days before I had time to change the sheets. Sleep trumps clean sheets these days.
- I ate a brownie for lunch. Just kidding, I ate four. But it was Addison’s four month birthday, so it was justified.
- I pretended I was pooping the other day just so I could have 10 minutes of alone time in the bathroom while the hubby watched the baby. I love that little girl, but it was the most relaxing 10 minutes I’ve had in months
- Addi let out a giggle the other day and I cried. For absolutely no reason at all, I just cried.
- I still have yet to finish Addison’s nursery. I have shelves sitting in the corner, frames that need to be hung up, and not a single piece of her clothing in her dresser drawers (it’s all either in totes or A.J.’s dresser in our room. Remember when I was going to have that done before we hit the third trimester? Let’s all laugh about it now.
- I went to the grocery store with my mom and she said, “You’re boobs look a little weird.” Sure enough, I had both sides of my nursing tank flapped down. Hey, at least my nursing bra was in tact.
- I shaved one leg in the shower, and it took me 3 days to realize that I completely skipped the other leg.
- After frantically searching for Addison’s paci for 10 minutes, I sent A.J. to get the emergency paci (yes, we have one of those) out of the cupboard. I found the lost paci at 3:00 in the morning, zipped inside her sleeper.
