Lessons learnt by 3 months of parenting (a bit late due to Christmas)
- Sleep improves – well actually 2-4 hours now feels like your smashing it. You will still be grumpy and trip over but now you tell others “he is sleeping well”
- You have stopped googling – the internet lies. Your baby is one of a kind and will do whatever they please. You will do whatever they demand- survival is the most important thing.
- Social media is a lovely fantasy, I took a great picture of us smiling. That same day I had 3 hours sleep, he shit through an outfit, I wet wiped sick off his shirt and I let him play with a mushroom because that made him happy (still a good day)
- You and your partner start to appreciate each other again – this is because you have realised he is trying to kill you and you must unite to survive
- You will now be willing to leave them with anyone that will have them – you can’t do this alone. You made an adorable tiny human but based on using the toilet now needing a diary entry this is needed.
- Comparison will kill you – some parents have sleep-but their baby screams with wind, some parents have a cuddly baby-they also feed every hour, some parents have on make up – they also had 4 hours sleep and opted to apply this rather than nap, every parent took a nice picture – they also battled their own point 3. (So f&@k anyone with a perfect profile, they cried in a toilet too)
- Smiles from your baby mean you are hilarious. You now get feedback for your struggle. He also likes you more than strangers. Absolutely winning.
I’m tired, I’m confused, I’m anxious as to whether I have done this right, I don’t look after myself and I worry who I am and whether my partner, friends and family still like me. I’m learning to parent.
Honestly surviving parenting 