Ten Truths I’ve Learned About Motherhood in My Baby’s First Year
My sweet baby turned one over the weekend and has officially entered Toddler-dom. While it’s been an incredibly exciting time to see her learning real words, taking her first wobbly steps, and growing into her own personality, a part of me mourns my “little baby” that isn’t so little anymore. I see now why people decide to have more! 😉 Just kidding…maybe?
In honor of her first birthday, I decided to write about the truths of motherhood (or fatherhood)– things I’ve learned over the past year with an infant.
- You will be able to function on less sleep than you ever imagined possible. That’s what coffee is for– any time of day or night– whatever it takes.
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You really don’t mind the smell of baby poop. Admit it, it’s not that bad!
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Your baby is the most fascinating thing. Ever. You could seriously sit and watch her just do her thing for hours.
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You won’t “break” your baby. You’ll be a helicopter parent for those first nerve-wracking few weeks, but after a year you won’t even sweat it when your baby is walking, and therefore falling, a lot.
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Your house will look like a Babies-R-Us showroom, and you’ll be ok with that. Forget your dreams of a magazine-worthy living room, if it keeps baby happy and busy you’ll be all for it!
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You will let your baby watch TV. And they will survive. Once you figure out that you can buy yourself a half-hour nap with a play-pen and TV, you’ll be sold. Rested mom = happy mom. You might even find yourself singing baby show songs shamelessly…with no kids around.
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Putting on jeans becomes your new definition of “dressing up.” Wearing makeup is now a really, really big deal (usually reserved for church, weddings, and the very rare date night.)
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Your day now revolves around the blessedly quiet hour that is “nap time.” Never mess with nap time– it’s just not worth it.
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Seeing your baby cry is the worst thing in the world. You’ll try and do anything to make it all better.
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You won’t be able to imagine life before baby. It’s just not possible– and why would you want to? Being a parent is exhausting, a little scary, and so much work, but I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Happy birthday my sweet Annabelle!
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Happy Birthday Annabelle!
Thank you! Can’t believe it’s been a year already 🙂