-B- over at Rhymes with Dana has tagged me, so I’m here to give you seven (7) things I learned the first month as a mother.

1 — Passing out on the couch while nursing is NOT a bad thing. It’s also not always voluntary.

2 — Seeing my gruff, manly husband melt into the most sensitive and attentive father imaginable is one of the most beautiful things on earth.

3 — Boobs will never be the same after the milk comes in, no matter where it goes from there.

4 — Skin glue instead of stitches or staples is supposedly better. Still weird to have a man’s arm inserted into me up to his elbow in order to pull my son out, no matter how you close me up afterward.

5 — Water is ALL important to breastfeeding. I must have drank the volume of the Great Lakes those first few months to stay hydrated.

6 — Coming face to face with the little alien who had been kicking and nudging you for months is more incredible and loving and life-altering than words can describe.

7 — Spontaneous fits of anxiety are going to be par for the course. You have been given a tiny little life to take care of absolutely, through every imaginable circumstance. It’s okay to let yourself be overwhelmed from time to time. Ride the hormone wave. It will pass.

All of these things were fabulous to learn, and I can’t wait to go through them all again with Milla!

I hereby tag Jen at Raising Lovies, Trin at Kaffee, Kimchi, and Me, Karo at Joon Toons, and Amy at Reconciling Dreams & Mediocrity.