My New "Normal"

It's crazy how different one's life can be in a mere two weeks! Granted, my life was already changing just by being pregnant but it's nothing compared to actually having Knox! I never knew I would spend so much of my day trying to get a teeny tiny person to BURP! Good Lord! Knox has a little reflux issue so the last few days have been a little exhausting. We have gone from regular formula to soy formula to now "sensitive" formula...which thank goodness he seems to be doing better on. With Slade and I as parents it's not real shocking he is having stomach issues! But after a few nights of not wanting to sleep, this little mamma was about to go nuts.

I also now know why mom's never answer their phones. Just about the time you get the baby, the bottle, and burp cloth all in your arms that is when your phone rings. I have been trying to call some people back for a week now .... it's like everytime I sit down to do it, I hear that little whimper that means "I'm awake and I need something!"

It also amazes me how my life now is broken down into 3 hr increments. Literally, since it's from the beginning of one feeding to the beginning of the next and it takes about 30 minutes to feed him...I have no time! If I need to do something and it can't be done in an hour and a half then bottom line.. it's not getting done. Forget running a few errands in a hurry, between loading and unloading the infant carrier and getting him all situated, it takes me 30 minutes to run into Walgreens.

Sadly, I don't think this will be my new "normal" but I now know how the Biggest Loser contestants feel. From the Sat he was born until the next Sat when I stepped on the scale, I had lost 18lbs!!!! It was definitely the best scale moment of my life. Actually it might have been one of the better moments in my life! No, not better than my wedding or having a child but I'm not gonna lie it was up there! So then the next week I only lost 3lbs. Normally I would have been thrilled to lose three lbs in a week but after my previous week it was such a let down. But as Bob says, I can't expect to pull those kind of numbers every week! :)

However, even with all these changes I really don't seem to mind. I never used to understand why parents just seemed to stare at their kids all the time but I do now.  It's crazy how in love you can be with someone who basically eats, sleeps and poops. I can't imagine what i'll feel when he can actually interact with me!