OK, so I'm slightly panicking. Tomorrow, Mom, my Aunt Renee, the baby, and I are traveling out of town to watch my sister coach her first basketball game. Sounds fun, right? There is only one problem. Mom wants to leave before 8am. Since Sweet P's arrival, I have yet to leave my house in under two hours.
I am very organized. I am the type who picks out clothes and packs the car the night before. This baby girl has thrown my whole system out of orbit! I asked a few mom's how did they get out of the house with a new baby. They all tell me, "You just do." You just do? I don't know if I can leave knowing the bed is not made, the dishwasher not loaded, and that last load of laundry not folded. Yes, I am a bit of a control freak. I am having a hard time relinquishing control. It is difficult for me to accept that it might be OK if the bed is not made today.
Many tell me to enjoy this time. I am. Even though baby girl stayed awake from 10pm-4am last night, when she puts her head on my chest and sighs that baby sigh, it makes it all worth it. Instant forgiveness for the lack of sleep. I know it won't always be this way. I find comfort in knowing that "This too, shall pass." I just won't be in too big of a hurry for it to pass. One day, she'll be too big to breathe baby sighs.
So, tomorrow, I will do my best to leave the ranch at 7:20am. I may show up to the game sans makeup or wearing two different shoes, but I'm determined to adapt to this new lifestyle Ed and I our blessed with.
I just hope I don't forget to bring the baby.
Any and all new mother tips welcomed!
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I can relate about the bed not being made and all the laundry, but it really is okay if it's not all finished. It took me a while to adjust too and I even left the diaper bag in a few resturatns and at church.
Be sure to take a few moments for yourself as well and sleep when baby sleeps!
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Haha I don't know why but I can't help but giggle that it takes 2 hours to get a new baby out of the house...who would have ever thought?? Best of luck tomorrow! I'll say a little prayer that you and Sweet P depart on time. She'll be the cutest one at the game, for sure!
Packing the night before is and always will be a definite time saver. But from yesterday on, don't hate yourself because you will ALWAYS forget at least one thing.
My husband lives by the motto "why make the bed, you'll just sleep in it again!" I never make my bed unless I know guests are arriving... and then I go to the trouble to make it look nice.
Folded laundry? That left the to do list LONG ago. I've always got one clean pile in the basket on top the dryer, one clean load IN the dryer... and one waiting to be washed.
It's time to forget the material things... beds, laundry, etc... focus instead on those emotions that are running free all around you. Take in those baby sighs... Relish in cuddling and sleeping with that sweet baby - because all too soon she'll outgrow that need to be cuddled and she'll be pushing you away!
Honestly Shaylane - it took me 4 years to figure out an unmade bed and dishes in the sink wouldn't affect how much Cannon loved me nor would it effect my marriage. Seriously. It took me that long. Looking back I probably grew the 9 1/2 gray hairs on the right side of my head in the last 4 years trying to get every.thing.done. I've never felt better than now because I found a simpler way to make the bed....dishes will be okay for a day...and actually I now have a modified make-up routine that looks probably better than before. As long as I get to exercise...that was the number one thing I had to keep - in addition to spending all the time I wanted with Cannon and Lance. "You just will". You'll see.
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