Talk vs. Truth
While going about my daily life, it dawned on me how many Mommy truths I was so sure of pre-baby, yet so wrong about in reality.
Just for fun, here are a few of mine:
"I'll wean my babies by a year."
-Abigail self weaned at 20 months. I never dreamed I'd be the Mom who nursed while pregnant with my next, and little did I know how much I'd miss it.
"co-sleeping is for hippies"
-If getting a good night's sleep is for hippies, then a hippie I am! We co-slept with Abigail until she was 6 months old, and I still love family nights when she's sick (although she's quite the bed hog).
"I want a natural birth"
-After laboring 6 hours with little progress, what a really wanted was an epidural!
"My kids will have limited TV time"
-TV is my sanity, but I limit it to one episode....per sitting :)
"I hate Raffi"
-Still true (some things will never change), but boy does Abigail love The Wheels on the Bus. Turn it on, and she can't help but dance (which of course I love.)
"Having a girl doesn't mean you have to dress her in pink and frill"
-No, but it sure is fun!
"The transition from one to two will be easier then the transition from none to one"
-Although I think I'm on to some solid theory here, I'm just waiting to eat my words :)
Motherhood: such a wonderful, humbling journey!
Just for fun, here are a few of mine:
"I'll wean my babies by a year."
-Abigail self weaned at 20 months. I never dreamed I'd be the Mom who nursed while pregnant with my next, and little did I know how much I'd miss it.
"co-sleeping is for hippies"
-If getting a good night's sleep is for hippies, then a hippie I am! We co-slept with Abigail until she was 6 months old, and I still love family nights when she's sick (although she's quite the bed hog).
"There's nothing more annoying than a screaming child"
-True, but that doesn't stop them from being yours...
"I want a natural birth"
-After laboring 6 hours with little progress, what a really wanted was an epidural!
"My kids will have limited TV time"
-TV is my sanity, but I limit it to one episode....per sitting :)
"I hate Raffi"
-Still true (some things will never change), but boy does Abigail love The Wheels on the Bus. Turn it on, and she can't help but dance (which of course I love.)
"Having a girl doesn't mean you have to dress her in pink and frill"
-No, but it sure is fun!
"The transition from one to two will be easier then the transition from none to one"
-Although I think I'm on to some solid theory here, I'm just waiting to eat my words :)
Motherhood: such a wonderful, humbling journey!
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