Hard work paid off

-Not watching Grey's anatomy because your baby prefers to watch despicable me instead.
-Cuddles on cuddles in an attempt to stop fussing.
-Wiping booties and picking noses.
-Giving your baby a better wardrobe than your own or any other adult you know.
-Annoying all of your social media followers/friends by bombarding their news feed with pictures or videos of your little one. (let's face it every little thing they do is amazing and worthy of sharing with others!)
-Eating only after your baby is fed.
-Sleeping only when your baby is asleep.
-Bathing yourself only after your baby has had their bath.
-Walking around with a sore shoulder and back because your chubby little infant just doesn't want to be put down.
-Turning your purse into a back-up diaper bag.


--I could list a few more but you get the picture.
Putting your needs aside in order to care for your baby is something you WILLINGLY do. Because you love them. Duh. People always told me about those "motherly instincts" I would get after I had Presley or how I would "just know" what to do and I remember thinking they were crazy. Now that I am a mom I realize it's true. You just do what you have to do and you do it because you love your babies-you have since before they were even born; you just didn't know it then. You are biologically programmed to love them.

But sometimes there is a glitch in our programming....our thoughts wander. I don't know about y'all but there are two times in specific when it's just me and my thoughts. 1: the shower. 2: when I lay down for bed at the end of the day. It is during these two times that I do the most thinking. Some things good, some things bad, some things just plain weird-or are they??

I don't think I am the only parent to have had this thought before. I feel like it's actually pretty normal. After tending to my sweet baby all day it's hard not to think that all my hard work is basically for nothing. Yes you read that correctly. No I am not saying that I wish I didn't have to do it. I guess I just wish there was a way she could just be like "hey momma you're doing an alright job of raising me!" I mean she's not going to remember those late nights I rocked her to sleep or played peek-a-boo for an hour straight just because she loved it so much. Think about it- do you remember anything your parents did for you as infants? Nope. You don't. So while I stand under the warm water or lay in bed with just my thoughts I ponder on that exact thought. The other day I was thinking to myself "man, I hope I turn out to be as good of a mom as my mom is" And that's when I realized.....

I don't remember the things my mom did for me but everyday of my life I have felt them. I may not remember every night my mom spent rocking me or playing peek-a-boo but ya know what I DO remember? ALWAYS feeling loved. And that is what makes being a mom so f u n. Just like as moms we are programmed to love our babies they are programmed to love us!

So when it's just you and your thoughts-think about that. Of all the things you are going to teach your baby guess what you have taught him/her within the first few days of their brand new lives without even realizing it? LOVE. And that right there is hard work paid off.