C's Blog

I know that I still have a lot to learn and experience as a mom. I also know that I can't really say that I fully understand motherhood and being a parent, because let's face it, I'm highly inexperienced in the Mother field. Isaac is only (almost) 6 months old and I have many, many, many more things to learn.

What I do know now, which I didn't know 6 months ago, is how incredibly different my perspective would be on my world now that I'm a mom.

I don't think I've really changed as a person, but my outlook has changed.

For instance, I have a completely different view on sleep.

I have always been a night person. Always. Ask my parents. I was the hoot owl of the family. Mornings have never been my forte. My entire being is fighting this new schedule that my body has to conform with now that Isaac is here.

People would tell me that the first few months were so hard with the late night feedings, etc. And don't get me wrong, they were (and are still sometimes) hard. But what was harder for me was getting up all of the time. I can handle being awake in the middle of the night. What I have trouble handling is going to sleep and waking up so often.

When Isaac first came home he ate every 2 hours and I was pumping full time. There was no time for more than a 20-30 minute nap, sometimes not even that. THAT was hard.

Now that he nurses, things are much easier.

People keep asking me if Isaac is sleeping through the night. For the most part, he is. He'll sleep from about 8:30 pm to 4 am, wake up to eat and then go back to sleep until 6 am. That's our average night. Not too bad compared to the 20 minute nap schedule that we were on for the first month or so.

Actually, I think there were some days (and nights) when I never really slept... I'm not sure.

I was so tired that I think my mind has blocked out the really, really hard parts.

I think Mother Nature might block out super-difficult times like that on purpose. : ) She's cool like that.

So, now that I've come to terms with my new conformed sleep habits, I go to bed MUCH earlier and I've actually found many new things that I really enjoy about the morning time:

• The sun that comes in our dining room and how Harley loves to lay in it like a kitty cat.


• There are many TV shows that I've never seen because I was asleep.


• Making a big breakfast to indulge on the weekends. (I've made a new personal goal for myself to learn how to cook eggs all sorts of different ways.)

So, on this Mother's Day, don't forget to thank your mom. Not just for being your mom, but for changing her core habits and learning new things for you.

If it weren't for Isaac, I might not have ever learned how to fry eggs.