Now that I have my own baby, I've realized that motherhood is not as easy as my own mom made it seem. Sure, some women have angel babies who never cry and apologize for soiling their diapers. And, hooray to the moms who never went through my breastfeeding woes. But honestly? Parenting is tough!
That's why I love reading articles, like THIS ONE, where women acknowledge that it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Being a parent is awesome and I do want more babies (Mike protests whenever I say that, but it's no big secret. He should consider himself lucky - my roommates can attest that as a freshman in college, I wanted 6 kids!!)...
... but I love when people are honest. Is being a parent awesome ALL the time? nope! Like Mikes' planned 2012 Denali trip - he may be miserable on the way up, but as soon as he comes down, he'll want to do it again. When do you think the "down" part correlates to kids? When S is 3 years old?
2 comments:
I loved that article too - I think it speaks to any hard life experience that our culture values for whatever reason. Obviously I haven't birthed anything but perhaps the "down" are the moments when it isn't so hard: when she's so excited to see you or smiles just because you looked at her or when she's sleeping peacefully. I think that with all hard things the secret is finding joy in the journey. It sounds so cheesy, but it works for me.
Great article. Very true too! I sure love having babies but man, oh man, nanny, it is HARD freaking work and I totally WIG out way more than I ever remember my mom wigging out (of course it was just me & let's be honest I was an angel child). :)
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