The 3 kids-the night before Jenna was born!
New Born Jenna!Jenna will be 11 months old next week and I can't believe it! So here is the list of what I have learned over the last 11 months:
- Child birth can be done "naturally," even when induced.
- If you do it "naturally" Stacy will bring you a GOLD STAR!
- Nursing is great and exhausting and you really begin to not care who you offend doing it in public!
- Nursing D's do go back to Prepregancy A-'s! :0(
- If you change a newborns diaper every time they are wet, you'd better own stock in Pampers.
- Babies bring out the best and worst in people.
- You really can go back to work IF you trust your babysitter.
- Some people are better parents if they don't stay home full time...maybe I don't have what it takes.
- There really should be something that will hold that passy in her mouth in the car.
- You can never have TO MANY passies in the car or anywhere for that matter!
- Everything looks better with spit up, drool, food, etc. on it (or you just except it and convince yourself it does).
- No matter how hard you both try it is NEVER 50/50 with Moms & Dads.
- No matter how much time Grammie and Poppy get a week, they will say they don't see her at all (not bitter about this at all am I!?!).
- No matter how tired you are they can always make you act silly and smile.
- Nothing has ever been more exhausting or rewarding.
- They really are more fun to dress than you are!
- AND finally-you can't force a kid to like green beans!
NOW-here is what I am still trying to figure out:
- HOW do you get a child to sleep through the night?
- Why are otherwise intelligent parents, still feeding this child bottles at night?
- How do you get Dad to spend less time at work and more time with his daughter?
- Can you love you daughter enough to love all her Grandparents?
- When did almost 1 year olds start throwing terrible two fits?
- Does ignoring these fits really work?
Okay, so I still have a lot to learn. AND for anyone willing to help with the sleeping issues, comments are welcome. (FYI-yes she is in her own room and bed, has been since 4 months, we have tried the comfort item and I don't know if I could do the crying herself to sleep thing.)
2 comments:
Cute pictures! You nailed the list of 'what you've learned'...I agree wholeheartedly!!
I still have a baggie of those gold stars...I only give them to those who have 'earned' them. If this tells you anything, YOU are the last person I gave one to, you brave woman!
Sleeping at night...G slept through at 4 months. L slept through at 9 months. Not even sure what we did...they're just good sleepers! I never rocked them to sleep at night. I put them in their bed and shut the door. If they would wake up crying, we would pat them but NOT pick them up, and they eventually learned. And NO bottles at night!
And the fits? It's time! And they get worse! Laura used to BANG HER HEAD at that age, when she was mad! Girl thing.
Wow, what good advice for a mommy-to-be! Even though I know that it will be VERY rewarding, this whole pregnancy think kind of suck. HA!
So, first pic, are you seriously not wearing maternity jeans?? I started wearing them at 3 months! You are so lucky. :-P
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