Yes the life has Changed!
They say it's a second birth of a mother when she gives birth to a child. And from thereon - her-life-changes. For me yes, it has changed drastically but God has made women such a flexible and accommodative to get herself dived into with whatever comes her way.
My son is 7 yrs old, and my Angel is 10 moths now. And this is how my life has changed...
1. I wake up with the laundry list in my mind. I work like a robot accepting orders, finishing one work after another.
2. 8 out 10 time, I drink COLD tea. If could sip it HOT, I will lucky
3. My phone is always on silent. I don't wish to disturb her sleep, but at time Doorbell does.
4. I preferred to wear lose cloths, sometimes they are far away from matching etc but they are super comfortable to feed her whenever required. Shape and size who cares now.
5. My new hair style is a messy Bun; it's became my favorite too.
6. The moment she sleeps, I try and finish as much work I can, be it cooking, cleaning, laundry or some quality time with my son. I feel accomplished on the days I could do all.
7. Sunday - to - do - list is ready and hanging with magnet on the fridge. But some items are always forgotten to include. Ok this is new normal.
8. During midnight, even if she cries for a millisecond I am all up. Checking her need and comfort.
9. I forget birthdays and anniversaries of my near ones. Forget it, sometimes I forget the day and date too. :-) Each day feels same.
10. Whenever I am on call, my kids are hungry or needs my attention. Call time with my mother shifted to 11 pm.
11. When we go out, the baby bag has 100 things I might need but have to go with the plan.
12. Like earlier, I can't just drive and go out because my kids are totally dependent on me.
11. Sometimes I don't get time for reading, writting but yes singing is something accompanies me always.
12. The sadest things is, I haven't visited "my house" for past 2 years while here, I am busy taking care of "my house" :-)
13. Last but not the least you might make your elder one feels ignored. For me I tried to put attention, but I know somewhere he might got hurt. I am sorry baby, if at all I made you feel like this.
There are many more changes, which life has brought to us. Some soothing, some irritating and some fortunate ones. There are days when we feel low, we are too stressed, too lonely, too tired yet kids gets us going. We have to get up, show up and smile because we mean the world to them. We are fortunate they have chose us to be their mothers.
So what the life has changed now..so what I have to work and do things as per my kids. This is a much required change. Our kids complete us as a woman. When we were kids we too had change our parents life. This way we get to experience their sacrifices, sleepless nights they had, tiring schedules, difficulties raising us and making us what we are today. Isn't it ?
Like all you mothers, Every day I too am learning and understanding to be a good mother. And enjoying parenthood. Vishal, You are a big help, you are a darling husband and an awesome father.
And at the end of the day, my blissful moment comes when I see kids sleeping peacefully with their sweetest of dreams. I cuddle them, kiss them and feel fortunate to have them in my life. My all tiredness suddenly lessen up looking at the innocent faces.
Yes, the life has changed, but it's a happy change. And I am happy to have this change.
Happy parenting!!
Stay blessed all mommies!!
Much love,
- Snehal!
