I copied this from a friend's FB post yesterday... thought it was a GREAT blog topic.
What changes when you have a baby? A better question may be: What doesn't change? Here, writer and mom Rebecca Woolf lists her most notable post-baby observations.
1. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms.
2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid.
1. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms.
2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid.
3. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices.
4. You respect your body ... finally.... after all it did give you a miracle.
5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way.
6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than your own.
7. You believe once again in the things you believed in as a child.
8. You lose touch with the people in your life whom you should have banished years ago.
9. Your heart breaks much more easily.
5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way.
6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than your own.
7. You believe once again in the things you believed in as a child.
8. You lose touch with the people in your life whom you should have banished years ago.
9. Your heart breaks much more easily.
10. You think of someone else 234,836,178,976 times a day.
11. Every day is a surprise.
12. Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. In fact, they please you. (Hooray for poop!)
13. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself.
14. You become a morning person.
15. Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power.
11. Every day is a surprise.
12. Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. In fact, they please you. (Hooray for poop!)
13. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself.
14. You become a morning person.
15. Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power.
Here are a few of my own:
1. You realize how LUCKY you really are to have healthy, happy babies, when you hear tragic stories your heart BREAKS for that family in a very personal way.
2. All it takes is one little sound, noise or word from your child to make your bad day turn around.
3. You learn that taking a shower is not ALWAYS a daily occurrence! Most of the time it's a luxury.
4. You find yourself wanting to eat healthier and live a better life for yourself because of your child.
5. You are perfectly content sleeping on a sliver of your own bed, as long as your child is comfortable.
6. You find yourself telling "white lies" in order to get your child to take a nap or go to bed... or even help you clean up toys... ANYTHING to make life easier is OK in your mind...
7. You find yourself saying the EXACT same things your parents said to you... "BECAUSE I SAID!"
8. You fall in love with the same little person EVERYDAY!
9. When you have a night out... all you talk about is your children and feel guilty for leaving them.. even for just a few hours (it's much needed... and fun in the moment... but you can't help thinking of them the ENTIRE time)..PS. you are perfectly content going staying home and watching "Toy Story" and going to bed @ 9pm on a Friday night!
9. When you have a night out... all you talk about is your children and feel guilty for leaving them.. even for just a few hours (it's much needed... and fun in the moment... but you can't help thinking of them the ENTIRE time)..PS. you are perfectly content going staying home and watching "Toy Story" and going to bed @ 9pm on a Friday night!
10. You find yourself feeling sympathy for the mother of the child throwing a fit in the store or restaurant... b/c you have SO been there done that!
11. Before kids you used to look at them and say " hmmm not so cute"... now you find those once ugly features adorable!
12. You intuition is your best friend.
13. Teeth SUCK!
13. Teeth SUCK!
14. Just when you thought you had it all figured out... you realize it was just a "lucky streak"... you really don't know much of anything, other than you no longer need that alarm clock! ;)
15. No matter what you accomplish in life.... you look at your child and think: "Wow... I'm one proud Mom... and I did a GREAT job". You feel accomplished just being a Mom.
What are some of your "light bulb moments" after having children?
15. No matter what you accomplish in life.... you look at your child and think: "Wow... I'm one proud Mom... and I did a GREAT job". You feel accomplished just being a Mom.
What are some of your "light bulb moments" after having children?
1) You discover that you aren't the perfect parent you thought you were BEFORE you have kids - but you realize that the "perfect" parent you envisioned wouldn't be any good anyways.
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3) You finally understand many of the things your parents did/said/advised/required...and love them for it!
4)You find youself switching from conversations about which stars are dating to whether or not Handy Manny has something for Kelly at the Hardware store!
5) Your marriage changes (hopefully for the good) as you work to be a teammate with your spouse in the biggest challenge you have yet faced - raising a human being without messing them up!