A Vida Bela de Brooklyn

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

She's ONE!!!

WOW! Brooklyn will be one year old tomorrow. I can't believe it. I thought I'd share a few things I've learned over the past year. It has been a crazy, wild, wonderful ride, and I can't wait for all the future adventures our little family is going to have.

What I've learned in my first year as a Mom:

When your baby is two weeks old and you and your husband decide to drive to a town that is 45 minutes away, the freeway is not a good time to ask, "hey, you buckled her in the car seat, right?"
Pulling over after you both freak out about the answer to that question and crying hysterically for being "bad parents" is ok. The baby didn't even know, and mommy will recover from her heart attack.
You shouldn't ignore all the birthing advice because you are confident that your labor will go exactly as your mom's did (only 30 min long and one push). In fact, the more you believe that your labor will be one way, you are setting up karma to give you the opposite. I was POSITIVE my labor would be less than one hour. It was 29.
Nursing is hard. And its ok to stick with it ONLY because your sister's wedding is in 7 months and you want to look phenomenal.
Its ok to study really really hard for a final in your biomechanics class, then end up circling any answer on the last page because you've starting leaking milk through your shirt. (I still got the second highest grade!)
it takes a while to remember that when you walk through a doorway, you have to account for your child in your arms, and her big head.
Putting your baby to bed without a diaper is bad.
Don't worry about things your baby picks up off the floor and eats, they will come out in whole pieces in her poop. (yay for brightly colored paper!)
When you are EXHAUSTED, do not drink.
When you are EXHAUSTED and do drink, DO NOT GIVE WEDDING TOASTS.
Don't plan a day around your baby's naps, she will fall asleep anyway. Especially in the middle of her little birthday party while eating pizza.

Well that's all I can think of right now! I'm sure this list is very very incomplete. Happy Birthday, Brooklyn! Mommy loves you!