#MomLife

It is my responsibility to give this child a bath.

It's OKAY to spend (almost) everyday in your pajamas snuggling your baby. That's why I am a stay at home mom, right?  and because you smell like spit up and poop so their is no point in getting ready most days.

Babies don't read the baby books. They just do their thing. 

Instagram is full of perfect moments. Instagram doesn't really show you what it is really like to be a mom. Babies smile, sleep, snuggle, and are really cute. They also scream, wake up 1000 times a night, poop and pee everywhere, don't like baths, and only sleep when someone is snuggling them.

Come to love your post baby body. It took 9 months for it to make a baby. It's not going to be what it was before overnight, or even in 6 weeks or 6 months for that matter. 

As important as it seems to get your child on a schedule as soon as they exit the womb, don't. As Alan Jackson said, "Let them be little." You will know when they are ready and there is no point in trying to force them into it because it's not going to happen. They will let you know when they are ready.

Feeding on demand helps your milk come and stay. And it helps your baby weigh 12 pounds when he is only a month old...

As important as it may seem to stay locked in your house all day, everyday to enjoy each moment with your little one, it is rejuvenating and refreshing to get out and be around other moms. Part of being a mom is having mom friends and having mom conversations about diapers, naps, play groups, and starting mom sewing nights.

Husband and baby come first. Clean garments come second, and a clean house comes third.

If they are fed, changed, and swaddled then it is okay to let them cry a little bit. Unless they have gas, then you need to bicycle their legs until all their bubbles are gone. Then it's okay if they cry. 

Some days it's just about survival mode.

Some babies like you to sing songs to them. Some babies like stories read to them. Our baby likes Monster Truck sounds.

If your baby had a blow out, is finally content after crying for a long period of time, and you don't have anywhere to go wait a minute to change them. You both need to enjoy the silence.

In the middle of night when you're up for the 3rd time and they still won't eat, just remember that you have been blessed with this little perfect spirit and that they won't be little long. So go sit on the couch and watch a movie with them...

If you feel like you have been stuck in the house for days, they probably do too. Go to Chick-Fil-A and get 2 chocolate chip cookies and listen to the same Celine Dion song on repeat for those 25 minutes.

Even though Exra is a month old and 12 whole pounds of love, he will always be my tiny guy.

That moment when you fell asleep on the couch and didn't hear him screaming at the top of his lungs in the middle of the night because he wanted 'lunch' and after taking a while to calm him down and feel him he falls asleep on you while you burp him with his arms reaching around you, like a huge and it's like he is saying, "it's okay mom. I still love you."