It's so quiet on this board! I'm going to start a new weekly thread called I Wish Someone Had Told Me __________ and you guys fill in the blank. I'll start:
I wish someone had told me how freaking WET babies are! I knew there would be dirty diapers and burp cloths, but my goodness...I am constantly covered in someone's bodily fluid. So. Much. Laundry.
Re: I Wish Someone Had Told Me ________
I wish someone had told me:
How incredibly heavy the infant carrier/ carseat becomes!! Can not wait until he can sit up on his own. Then car seat can stay in the car and he can go in the buggy @ the grocery store.
How those cute little hooded towels would become too small so quickly. I have a ton of them & I have a pair of long legs hanging out of them after each bath. LOL His, not mine.
...to believe that the in-laws (DD's grandparents) would never be the same again. Payton is lucky enough to have three sets:
And I completely agree with the car seat statement. If I had known how heavy it would be, I would have started working on my arm muscles upon conception.
Yes, I can't believe how heavy it is to lug around a baby in a carseat! I see people doing it everywhere like it's nothing and I suppose I look that way, too, but now I know it's a workout!
4/25/12 ~ Our angel, Persephone James, is here!
And that you need an emergency backup for yourself. Your baby will wait until you are in a busy public restaurant to projectile vomit on you.
This is what I wanted to post. I think people talk about the unconditional love for your children but until you experience it, you really don't understand.
This!
But really I don't think anyone could have told me anything that really would have prepared me. I always knew it was not going to be easy but really I had NO idea.
I too agree that I should have been pumping iron to deal with the carseats. My DH is wondering why his back is so sore today. I'm like umm you are lifting 2 17lbers plus their car seats all the time! My back had been hurting for months lol.
I also wish someone would have told me that one second they were going to be little tiny newborns and the next second they were going to be gigantic. People told me it goes by fast but seriously, like don't blink or you will miss it!
I second the Moby statement.
But I wish someone had told me how much I would get pooped on. Seriously, I have gotten pooped on a lot!! Lol.
I also wish someone would have told me how much I would love this little boy. I love him deeper than anything I have ever felt, so deep that I think that love seems so insignificant a term to even refer to how I feel.
The best part is that feeling this love for him has also changed how I love others. My heart has expanded and I feel like I even love DH more now because of our son. I don't think anybody could have told me that... But boy am I glad I feel it.
How much harder two kids are than one. I mean, someone DID tell me, in no uncertain terms. I thought we would be the exception to the rule. Ha ha... wrong! But we're still so in love with DD2 that it makes the constant exhaustion worth it.