Once you have a child, it seems as though very few things gross you out. You can be puked on (or massive spit up. It's really the same thing), pooped on, peed on and it won't phase you. You'll notice a huge buger in his nose and you'll be dying to get it out, only to realize that his nostrils are too small and your fingers are too big. So you'll just have to wait for that thing to inch it's way out through sneezes. And just for the record, today I received the trifecta. Except that I got thrown up on twice. Yup. Twice. And I had to clean the carpet of puke, and we had to wash the couch cushions because of the poop. Fun times. That's why this post is aptly titled "Just One of Those Days." Did I also mention the meltdown he had before we left the house this morning? And the one in the car on our way home? Yup. Fun times.
Even though I am completely spent and told Wilson after that second episode of throw up that I had had it and he just had to take over for the rest of the night, I still really love being a parent. You realize that your child could do all these things and you're about to pull your hair out at the end of the day, you're covered in someone else's poop, pee and puke, but he smiles at you and everything's okay.
They say that a social smile is a baby's first real milestone and I can understand why. It's when you finally feel like your baby is responding to you and interacting with you for the first time. It's his way of showing emotion and love towards you and quite frankly, it's pretty amazing. It's like one smile and a flash of his one dimple (that he got from me) that makes much of the frustration from today disappear.
Parenthood is tough. There's no sugar coating it. It'll be the hardest thing I'll ever do in my entire life. But it sure is pretty amazing.
On a side note, before we had a baby, Wilson and I only did laundry once a week. And we usually only did one load of whites, one load of colors, and one load of linens. Now, with the addition of one child, whose clothes are very little, it seems as though our laundry demands have tripled! I really had no idea coming in that this little guy would have so much laundry to do.
And on another side note, kids are pretty amazing. Did you know that they can poop so that they get virtually no poop in their diaper, but it's all over their back? (This happened last week.) Or that they can poop sideways so that it shoots out the sides of their diaper? (This happened today.)
2 comments:
Wow, who knew? Good to hear the reality of parenthood, thanks for posting that. But, you're right I'm sure, in the end, it's that smile that makes it alright (especially one as cute as his!)
We know the feeling. These little people make so much waste. The dishwasher runs almost every night, and our garbage and recycling are overflowing.
These kids are depleting the country's resources, it's not us.
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