On Friday, David was one month old, his first little milestone.  The past month has certainly changed our lives forever and while we are still adjusting to a new routine, we are enjoying every moment of our new ‘family’ status.  Over the last few weeks we’ve received so many great pieces of advice from friends and family.  I seem to have a good routine down for the most part and David is cooperating by keeping to it.  He eats and sleeps most of the day and only wakes up once at night.  The last few days he has had more waking time.  When he is up his eyes are focused and alert as he is making sense of his surroundings.  While he does have a fussy moment here or there, he has made our transition to parenthood as smooth as it could be.

Much to the dismay of many other first time mother’s I seem to have it together or at least I like to think I do.  I received some very humorous advice from an old high school friend who claimed I was putting mother’s of newborns to shame since I shower every day, wear makeup and have sent out all my announcements and thank you’s.

While I may not be following all the ‘rules’ for new mother’s I thought I would share them to give comfort to all of the new mother’s learning the ropes….

1. Showers only happen occasionally
2. Thank you’s go out only ten at a time
3. Sweatpants ARE formal wear
4. Laundry should be going 24hrs. a day
5. Pretzels are once again a food group (like in college)
6. Your house should be covered in baby stuff (no one should be able to see the color of your carpet)
7. When your baby is asleep, you don’t nap because you are desperately trying to make heads or tails of your house

The one lesson we’ve learned that everyone can relate to, is that once you have a child your time is no longer your own.  We should get it back in 2026 when he goes off to college.