I have been a mother for two months.
It's strange that two months is such an insignificant amount of time in the grand scheme of life. It seems like so much has happened. . . surely Maxwell has been with us for much longer than that! I guess that is what happens when every single day is a learning experience and Maxwell changes on at least a weekly basis.
While I still really feel like "myself" I have had to laugh at the little ways that being a parent changes you. You notice different things and talk about different things. I felt that way when I was pregnant too-there are all these things going on and this whole other world that I was completely oblivious to as a non-pregnant, non-parent person.
Example: When Jamie and I first started taking Max out and about we quickly discovered that carrying him in the car seat was a royal pain but neither one of us was very experienced using our slings yet. Jamie suggested just carrying Max into the store. Carry him? In our arms? Are you allowed do that? Don't you need some kind of container to put him in? I could have sworn that I had never seen someone carrying their kid around in their arms while shopping in a store. Ha Ha Ha. People do it all the time, I just had never even registered it before.
Being a parent is good for me, I think.
2 comments:
Can't wait to kiss up on those cheeks.
Katie, you are hilarious! I remember having that same debate about carrying Kiana into Sunday morning meeting in our arms; I, too, was pretty sure we were supposed to have a "container or something." You crack me up--thanks for bringing back the memories. :p
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