Howdy,
It's So Weird Being a Mom!
First, you have this little baby who
you have no idea what to do with (let's not even talk about how it feels to be pregnant). This baby takes all of who you are.
And I do mean all of you.
You eat, sleep, and breathe baby.
Otherwise, if you didn't, the baby would not fair well.
Then, after you baby gets older, you may decide to have another. Not everyone makes this decision or CAN make this decision, but some do.
And you do it all over again, still loving and doting on your first albeit maybe a little less than before because now you are eating, sleeping, and breathing baby AND other child.
These two
(or so) grow together and figure out how to become siblings, and before you know it, you either add another one or two (or in other cases more). Or you suddenly realize that your baby that you didn't know what do with in the beginning is now a very competent 8 year old and you don't know how to do this.
Now you are eating, sleeping, and breathing the school-age years. Because if you didn't this child of yours wouldn't fair well.
And then, you realize you have teenagers and you are working your way through middle school and high
school. And you are a taxi. You literally are an unpaid UBER.
And when you can't drive, you have a panic attack that SOMEONE has to drive or your kiddo will miss out on the one thing
they have worked hard on for the entire school year and will be devastated.
Being a parent is weird. It's worth it. But it's weird.
Now on to this week's fun!