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i surrender

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I surrender to spending whole days in bed with an infant attached to my boob while I circle the TV channel spectrum on my remote.

I surrender to reruns of TV shows I never wanted to watch in the first place.

I surrender my idea that I could be the mom that always responds immediately, knowingly, accurately when my baby cries.

I surrender to letting my baby just cry sometimes so I can get my meal made, go to the bathroom, etc.

I surrender to my baby’s erratic, demanding, everlong nursing schedule or lack thereof.

I surrender to impossibly frequent and continuous diaper changing.

I surrender to being tired, being bitchy, being less than cheerful to friends and fam, on occasion.

I surrender to being often moved to blog when I’m feeling like complaining.

I surrender to finding out I don’t know the answer to something about the baby just after I’ve decided I’ve figured out the answer.

I surrender to not using every moment that he’s sleeping to get something done around the house.

I surrender, and actually, I find that this is pretty darn nice, especially the part where he falls asleep on my chest, all warm and small and soft, like a kitten. Well, a kitten that spits up occasionally, but still.

4 comments for “i surrender”

  1. NoMasNinos
    December 27, 2007 at 2:53 pm

    Yep. this all sounds very familiar. All your emotions and feelings about having a newborn around are reminiscent to my days with a little one. Things have gotten better, but I still have a lot of the same feelings. The diaper changing will definitely get easier as the baby grows, and so will the nursing. Hang in there.

    NoMasNinos’s last blog post..Big Brother’s Version of the Food Pyramid

  2. Betsy Mom 2 3
    December 27, 2007 at 6:57 pm

    I remember it well. Hang in there.

  3. daring one
    December 28, 2007 at 2:52 pm

    “I surrender to finding out I don’t know the answer to something about the baby just after I’ve decided I’ve figured out the answer.” Yes. Me too.

    I surrender to not finding time to write a guest post for you within the first 10 years of your baby’s life because I’m too busy running around like a maniac to post to my own blogs.

    daring one’s last blog post..At Least He’s a Manly Princess

  4. Jennifer
    December 28, 2007 at 8:25 pm

    I know. I know.

    You are doing great.

    Jennifer’s last blog post..Haiku Plugins

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