To say that every day is different when you have a baby is an understatement. It may seem monotonous with the eating, sleeping, pooping part of it but the trials of each is where it gets interesting. One day they will be great eaters that have an insatiable hunger. Next, it seems like they've forgotten how to eat from a bottle. Then you think you have the trick to getting them to go to sleep, then they do a 180 and have no interest in the matter..
When you compare the every day life of a mom to one of the working woman you would automatically assume that the working woman is being pushed more mentally. Learning more, carrying more stress, and over all growing as a person. Not the case. When dealing with a tiny human being who can't give you the answers you want. Who does not do as you will them to when you want them to; it's a true test of your patience and pushes you not only to learn about them but yourself as well. You had no idea how little sleep you could go on and still be functioning. How far your patience could be pushed before you break but still get up off the floor and do it again. There is no doubt that being a working woman is hard but don't discount the mom job, it is a learning and growing aspect of life.
“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” —Jill Churchill
In the months when everything was new and I was trying to figure it out I remember spending a lot of time googling on my phone on those sleepless nights! I found a lot of helpful blogs that made me feel normal. One of my favorite sleep ones are www.troublesometots.com. My son didnt start sleeping through the night until he was 9 or 10 months old but a lot of my friends kids did earlier. Each kid is different!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip, I will check that website out!
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