Life is always changing, moving, evolving. From one moment to the next I have found myself feeling all-consuming love my for child...followed by a burning frustration that can only come from the exhaustion of parenting. And if you have felt that, no, when you feel that, take a breath and remember this: For all the things that will come with time…like sleep, seated meals, a breast without a child attached to it…there are so many more that will be gone forever.
Things you won’t do again:
Hold THIS baby, in this way.
Be able to comfort anyone the way you can comfort this child right now.
Be a new mom.
Be a new mom to your second child. Or third.
Eventually, your child will sleep, will eat, will have all their teeth. Or at least that's what people tell me.
But the moment you are in, with the child you are holding, the feeling you are feeling, is never going to be back to exactly the way it is now.
A Must-Not Read
As soon as you find the book, or even the sentence or chapter, that makes you feel like a moron who should never have been entrusted with the life of a child, stop reading. For you and your child, that book is absolutely unimportant. I don’t care how many of your friends recommended it, I don’t care how many letters are behind the name of the author. That book is not the book for you. Naturally, there are things we can learn from people we may not agree with, but when it comes to motherhood I’ve found that confidence is much more than half the battle. You are the expert on your baby, your baby is the best teacher you can find. There are probably tips that can help you understand your baby’s lessons a bit more clearly, but as soon as your research turns into an exercise in destroying your self-esteem, class dismissed.
And if you feel like crying, read this entry a woman wrote for her 1 year old daughter on her birthday...so incredibly sweet...
One Year Old
A Must-Not Read
As soon as you find the book, or even the sentence or chapter, that makes you feel like a moron who should never have been entrusted with the life of a child, stop reading. For you and your child, that book is absolutely unimportant. I don’t care how many of your friends recommended it, I don’t care how many letters are behind the name of the author. That book is not the book for you. Naturally, there are things we can learn from people we may not agree with, but when it comes to motherhood I’ve found that confidence is much more than half the battle. You are the expert on your baby, your baby is the best teacher you can find. There are probably tips that can help you understand your baby’s lessons a bit more clearly, but as soon as your research turns into an exercise in destroying your self-esteem, class dismissed.
And if you feel like crying, read this entry a woman wrote for her 1 year old daughter on her birthday...so incredibly sweet...
One Year Old
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