Rohan Graeme Sustad

Rohan Graeme Sustad
Born 11.24.10


Friday, March 25, 2011

Am I the only one that....

  • uses the car seat inside the house to calm their baby? ....we even go as far as to push him around in his stroller inside the house.  (Thank god for tile!)
  • hopes we hit every green light so the car does not stop in the chance that Rohan wakes up?
  • thinks a sick baby feels like you just took 10 steps backwards in fussyland?
  • every 10th poopy diaper change you run out of wipes in the wipe warmer?
  • once a month you somehow find poop on your finger during/after a diaper change? (eek!)
  • would like to personally thank the person who invented the pacifier?
  • thinks the saying "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it" should apply to babies in their first year, especially the first 3 months when the mom still has raging hormones. 
  • understands why people hire baby nurses/nannies for 10pm to 6am every night...if only money grew on trees!
  • understands why you should go into parenting open minded because you may find yourself doing something that you may have thought you'd never do - like fall asleep with your baby in bed, rock your baby to sleep all the time (if that is what gets them to sleep), or let your baby cry it out (because you have exhausted all your other options of making the baby happy). 
  • thinks moms with babies out in public made it look so easy before you had a baby?
  • goes through stages where my mind is constantly saying "please don't wake up while we are out in public and start crying"
  • feels like EVERYONE is staring at you when your baby starts crying? (like you are the worst mother ever and what did you do to him?)
  • cannot stand that when your baby is crying and everyone has the solution - the easy solutions (feed, change diaper) that you have already tried?
  • feels like everyone thinks daycare is EVIL?  How could you put your baby in daycare?
  • has the one friend who is the ultimate baby whisperer and loves her for it?
  • doesn't know which baby book to believe?  Let them cry themselves to sleep or rock them to sleep or make sure they nap so they sleep or keep them active so they sleep or all of the above?
  • feels like my husband and I are going off trial and error with our son and really have no idea what we are doing?  (the swing didn't work when Rohan was 6 weeks, but it sure does work now!)
  • wants the best of both worlds - staying home with our son and working at a job you love (just have to find that job). 
  • thinks baby Einstein is great (nice distraction!)!
  • thinks babies know when you want to eat and somehow wake up from their nap so you can't fully enjoy eating? ha!
  • loves their little snuggle bug!
  • there is always something new to buy to excite, distract, spoil, support, calm and comfort your child? (gotta love shopping!)
  • is still adjusting to this change in our life even after 4 months? 
  • doesn't feel guilty when I have "me" time?  I feel as though society puts this damper on women who aren't always with their babies - it's the only way to stay sane!
  • felt helpless at times during the first 6 weeks of our sons life because we didn't always know how to comfort him...
  • 15-20min of crying can feel like hours?
  • has gotten used to crying in the car - turn up the music a little and wait until the next stop to see what is wrong?  how could I be such a horrible mother?
  • is enjoying getting to know our son!
  • loves when friends visit and help you out with little tasks like laundry (who would have thought one day your friends would fold your laundry - that's why they are good friends!) and hold your baby so you can take a shower!
  • thinks its crazy how many bathrooms don't have changing tables - and pre-baby I never even noticed! shame on me.
  • thought with a stroller people would get out of your way? yeah that doesn't happen.
  • didn't realized that sometimes babies cry out of boredom and the silliest song you sing or dance you do makes them happy!
  • feels like I am constantly cleaning and constantly doing laundry?  Babies should come with a set of 100 bibs and burp cloths! :)
  • feels like once you have a baby, your annual exam is really nothing. 
  • didn't think being pregnant was the best thing ever?
Anyone have any to add?

2 comments:

  1. You definitely bring back a lot of memories Kate of the first months of my new motherhood.

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  2. Haha, this is great and sooo true!!!

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