...that changing dirty diapers was the nastiest thing in the world.
...that babies were made out of glass and had to be handled very carefully.
...that I could not function on only three hours of sleep. That's not a solid three hour block, that's three hours total.
...that I knew what love really was (HA!).
...that watching someone sleep and wondering what they're dreaming about would be boring.
...that my mother was exaggerating when she said that she'd easily throw herself in harm's way to save me without a second thought.
...that I would never sing the same silly song in the same silly voice over and over again just to make someone smile.
...that I would never be nervous for someone else to get shots.
...that my mother worried too much.
...that I didn't have it in me to be a mother.
...that I could be pregnant 39 weeks and 4 days, then go through the pains of labor, have a third degree laceration, and tons of swelling and soreness, and feel without a doubt that I'd immediately go through it all again in a heartbeat for Camryn.
Ladies, share how motherhood has changed what you used to think!
Re: Before I became a mother, I used to think...
I used to be sensitive to puke...now I simply wash it off and go back to my housework.
I completely agree with these!
I also had a third degree tear and no time for an epi.. and I would do it again in a second for LO!
Before I became a mother, I used to think....
...That newborns slept all the time, anywhere, easily.
...that I would not be a paranoid Mommy worried about LO getting sick.
...that I wouldn't get upset when LO got hurt on accident.
...that going back to work wouldn't be so hard.
...that it would be a long long long time before I would even think about being pregnant again.
...that it wouldn't make being married any harder.
...that women who complained about never having enough time to even shower were full of it (I have sorely repented of that one).
...that I could bounce back to my post baby body in 6 weeks (thanks for that delusion Heidi Klum).before i became a mother i thought....
....that i would never get peed on and not change right away
....that a week without sex was FAR too long...not to mention 2 months!
....that i would never want to go on "kid friendly" vacations
....that people with screaming kids in restaurants should control them. now i just smile and think "thatll be me in a few years"
I used to think that my mother was exaggerating when she said she would go to the ends of the Earth for all of her kids.
I also used to think she was exaggerating when she would tell us she would fight 10,000 demons before she would let someone harm any of her kids.
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I don't mind pulling out my boobs in public to please someone
I agree with everything you said and am totally tearing up reading it!
...that going out with a baby was easy. You just grab your baby and go (hahaha).
THIS!!