C-Sections - my previous thought was 'maybe they should have tried harder' as someone that ended up having a scheduled c-section I retract my previous position.
Parents have to call in A LOT for sick kids - my gosh who knew a kiddo could get sick so many times in a year? I used to think, my gosh how often can your kid get sick - many times apparently.
If your kid is sick, going to the ER is not a fun event and the docs at Urgent Care Centers are kind of scary.
Pediatricians are amazing people. They can make you feel so much better with just one sentence.
Do what works, if the kid sleeps through the night in the swing, put them in the swing for the love of God or sleep - what ever your preference, No body has a 5 year old still sleeping in a swing. Side note - Tyler met the weight capacity of his swing at 6 months a real bummer....
I am the mom that has at least on one occasion given her kid Tylenol to drop a fever and taken him to daycare. He's fine, he got it there so its not as if I am infesting the class...??? or maybe that theory makes me feel better.
Typhoid Tyler, as my boss calls him - kids get you sick! I fly on planes which I consider to be over the top germ infested all the time and never get sick. I have been sick more times this year then in my past 25.
Parenthood is a whole new world. I know tricks for everything and although I have always loved the information source that the Internet is, its far more valuable now. It can also be very scary if you start playing Doctor Google - highly advise against it.
Take every ones advice and then decide if it works for you.
DVR is awesome - otherwise you will never see a TV show again.
They grow so fast, everyone tells you 'enjoy every minute' and you do, but you don't know it until you are in it. Luckily I have over 2,000 pictures on my phone and stroll down memory lane on occasion.
Although baby clothes aren't really expensive(depending on where you shop) - who else do you buy an entire wardrobe for change them 3 times a day and get another wardrobe for them 2 months later?
Dogs go from 'children' to second class citizens.
It officially takes me one hour longer to get out of the house for anything.
Naps and sleep schedules are a must. People that don't understand them frustrate me. I bend them often but can't totally break them.
An infant can go from happy and smiles to complete meltdown in less than 2 seconds (reference back the sleep schedules).
Prepare, prepare, prepare and then think about how to prepare better the next time.
I used to be what I called a worrier (or possibly a control freak), but now I am not even sure how I would be categorized. That said, I have loosened up a lot apparently I cannot control everything.
If I typed every lesson I learned it would be a boring novel for moms that have done it before so at this point I will stop except the most important lesson I have learned...
Love grows every day. I loved Tyler all through my pregnancy, and loved him dearly seeing him for the first time, but didn't realize how my love would grow with each passing day. Who else could poop, pee, throw up and wake me up in me in the middle of the night in a single day and smile at you and make it all go away?
Who can believe you go from this to this in one year (to the date)
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