Life As We Know It...
Life as we have known it for 30+ years is different now. What was once a party of 2 is now a party of 3. Laundry now has tiny little pants in it. Drinking wine while watching TV is now stuffing diapers while watching TV (well, and drinking wine). My purse is a diaper bag. Instead of loading scuba and skydiving gear into the car we're loading a car seat and stroller. Our alone time is a constant negotiation: "I'll take her Saturday so you can work if I can go to the gym on Sunday." What used to be a thoughtless dinner out has become a rare, treasured date night. Sleep doesn't exist. My life outside of the baby revolves around how much precious, hard earned breastmilk I have frozen, and deciding what I do or don't do is weighed on a scale of frozen milk worthiness. Hot meals are eaten cold. "Getting dressed" means brushing my teeth. Our clothes are stained with vomit and poop, and when anyone asks how I am, I reflexively seem to always sta