good read

hersheymolly

https://borntobeabride.com/2015/01/09/they-shouldve-warned-me/

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kimberlybethh

I also had a hard time connecting to this.I love my children dearly but there are times when I don't always like them. I have never  "relished" getting up and feeding them at 4am. My first thought generally is WTF why are you up again? I also have a hard time with the attitude that parenthood is all sunshine and roses. If that has been her experience, great, but I think that is pretty atypical.

dvmmomma

^^ what they said. I found that article to be not at all relatable for me.

amj1053

Yeah, I think its a sweet message but I feel the opposite of pretty much everything she wrote.

kraft333

Very sweet, and I can relate. All I got was warnings from friends with kids -- I was unprepared for (& have been delighted by) how awesome these early months have been.

mfsunshine222

Uggg!  Thanks for the read it was sweet...sickeningly so.  I can relate to some of it, but I mostly look back on that newborn phase and I just wanted him to be out of it!  Everyone kept telling me to cherish it, and I kept saying I just want him to be a few weeks older.  Now he is older and I LOVE being a parent and I LOVE LOVE LOVE my DS with all the unicorns and rainbows; but those first 8 weeks BLOW and no one can tell me otherwise!

cdseno

I feel like this blog is written by a mom who has a baby who is all sunshine and rainbows. I want to start a blog about what it is like to have a baby who is the dark clouds and rainstorms. I'm glad she was surprised by all the good things, really I am, but this kind of sickeningly sweet attitude makes moms like me feel even crappier than we already do. My first was a pretty easy going baby but not much of a sleeper (and still isn't) but after almost 6 months with #2 I'm surprised I haven't gone crazy yet. I don't enjoy every moment. I actually rarely look forward to him waking up for the day because I know all that will happen is he screams while I try to find something that will make him stop. I am excited that he is getting older because I feel like it has to get better eventually. I feel like shit every day because I can't seem to make him happy. I'm jealous of parents who have that new parent glow.