Tuesday, March 18, 2014

My Initiation

I have often thought of what it would be like to be a mom.  I have watched many of my friends in action as moms and a lot of the times I would be like "thank God I am not having to deal with that!". Welllll my time has come.... I feel like I have earned a beginner badge and my initiation into motherhood has began.  Here are a few things that I have experienced:

  • About 3 days after getting Jada I was on my way to church and I suddenly slammed on brakes.... I had to look down my shirt to make sure I put a bra on.  Due to complete exhaustion it would not have surprised me one bit if when I had looked that I would have been "bare".

  • I have actually took my thumb and index finger and pinched a wod of snot from your lip.  My gah!!!.... I feel like I have an outer body experience when I do it.  And I have no idea what to do with it once I pinch it.  I just panic and start flinging.  Admit mamas.... you have done this when bib, rag, tissue or wipe has not been present.

  • Josh and I were waiting for a table at a restaurant... I just kept getting a woof of this stank!  We finished our dinner and went to the big ol Wal Mart... there I realized what the stank was.... THROW UP! It was all down the back of my arm. Thanks babe...thanks for looking out for me.

  • Gagging reflexes have went into full swing.  I am not big on smells.  Right after getting her and for at least 2-3 more months she would drop these chili bombs! I mean fill a diaper full of it.  Looked like a complete explosion went off.  And rank!!!... geeze it was rough. 

  • Checking diapers.... this is tricky! One must always be prepared for the worst.  I feel like I need to put on gloves and a mask to check the diaper if I get a whiff of funk when she walks by.  I have went to check a diaper and come out with a completely different colored finger. Gag a maggot!! That is another one of those times where I just cant get it off fast enough.  I feel like Ace Ventura when he runs out of the bat cave in "When Nature Calls".

  • I have picked up many of dog poop in my day... but she laid us a little loaf on the floor one day.  Just a pile of human feces on my floor.  She was pretty proud of herself.

  • Jada does not sleep with us unless she is sick.  She prefers her bed.  She should have a black belt in kung fu.  I have been peed on,  karate chopped, kicked, head butted, slapped and punched.  It is like she becomes possessed by Laila Ali when she enters my bed.

  • I can turn nocturnal.... when she is sick I do not sleep!! Mostly for the reasons I just listed but I cant sleep when she coughs so much she chokes.  I have laid awake many nights just waiting to pat her on the back to help her get that mess out of her chest. 

  • I have went to go in to give her a kiss..... and a big ol sneeze happens which results in snot on my mouth!!! Yuck!

  • Our going out to eat has decreased to almost non-existent.  It is just not worth the hassle.  Again, something takes over her body and she is like "oh, you want to have a nice calm dinner?...not gonna happen folks".  Her behaviour makes me want to order the stiffest drink they can make.  I have this intense feeling to light a fire in the waiters tail and make him/her move just a bit faster.  The faster you get my food the more your tip is going to be.... I PROMISE!

  • I find that our television stays on some type of  Disney channel majority of the time. I have actually caught myself sitting down and watching it when she isn't even around.  Felt like a complete psycho.

  • Right after we got her I lost a lil weight.  I was so exhausted.... I only had 3 days off from work and I was allowed to work till 2:30 for 2 weeks.  Soooo I was a bit of an emotional basket case.  One night my sis in law so kindly brought over food for me (josh was out of town).... as she was entertaining Jada I literally snuck into a corner and ate that bowl of jambalaya like a Holocaust refugee. I was starving!! But I was always so tired to cook a big meal for us so I would just make sure Jada had dinner and I would do without.  I would rather sleep.  So folks if someone you know has just had a baby.... go cook them a meal, fold their clothes, maybe give them a B12 injection, wash their dishes, etc.  It makes a huge difference and allows the parentals to rest... or in my case EAT.
I have enjoyed this journey so much and I would not trade it for anything or any amount of money in this world!  Josh and I did not have nine months to prepare.... we had a split second.  We do the best we can and make the most out of each moment.  I like things a certain way with her and if one does not like it.... well I hate it. It's just the way it is and is going to be.  I have slacked up a lot and opened my wings to let her look out a bit more. But she is my special baby, my first and I am very protective of her and I will not apologize for that. 

To all you moms out there.... I salute you!

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