Lets Talk Real Life

I sit here with my shirt soaked from baby spit up, my hair up in a messy bun, and it is 3pm and I still haven’t showered. I am in newborn mode or also known as survival. I currently have a 3 year old boy (who is napping away peacefully in his room…..ahhhhh a big sigh of relief there!) and like I said a new baby girl (who I am nursing till her heart is content thus the only reason why I can write right now). Whenever people ask for advice about being a new mom, I say you do whatever you need to do to survive. I know there are a lot of books out there about parenting, sleeping schedules, etc., and they all have become very popular, but in my opinion I think they are kind of a waste of time.

I know a lot people would disagree with me and say how the book Baby Wise has saved their lives because I have heard that on multiple occasions and that is great for them. For me, I believe that every child is so different and has different needs to attend to and the fun part for me as to being a parent is figuring that out on my own and making my own schedule that works for the both of us.  Don’t get me wrong though, I am always enlisting the advice from others along the way. Remember it takes a village to raise a child. Well I currently just had my second baby, so I am in that process all over again trying to find a schedule that works for our new family and I suspect that is what it’s like with each new baby you bring into the family.

Being a mom means you talk about pee and poop like its nothing and you come to realize that pee is not such a gross thing because it is sterile right?!  You are never alone because you will always have little stragglers finding you WHEREVER you are and you have a 3 year old cheering YOU on as you go to use the bathroom because we are potty training here (oh maybe that just happens here!). And you wonder how such cute little kids can be so naughty at times.  But being a mom also means that you get to wake up each morning to bright angelic faces that you want to smooch all over, you get to see your children learn and try new things and you get random kisses and “I love yous” that make you feel like a million bucks.

At the end of the day, I can honestly look back and say how grateful I am to be a mother and to have two squishy faces to kiss and clean each day. I love them so much and that is why I wake up and do it all over again and again.

Here is just a fun little video about being a parent. I think everyone has seen it by now, but if you haven't you must watch!