Look At This Madness

Being a mom is not knowing if that's food or baby poop stained on my jeans Being a mom is not caring about the spit up that forever lives on my clothes Being a mom is having people harshly stare when I hold my baby as though I'm to young to be a mom Being a mom is having people talk about how cute my baby is when grandma (otherwise known as MeMe) holds her Being a mom is people telling me I shouldn't drink coffee if I'm nursing  Being a mom is going to Starbucks every morning from waking up every 2 hours to nurse  Being a mom is sometimes forgetting to stop to think about you  Being a mom is caring for a little person like you never have before  Being a mom is having someone say it's to bad I'm so young  Being a mom is hearing how adorable my baby is, which I couldn't agree more Being a mom is sometimes caring what other people think Being a mom is not caring what people think  Being a mom is having an aching back and hands  Being a mom is getting a ...

My beautiful daughter, Ella Sylvia, was born on 7 - 7 - 17 at 9:55 pm weighing 6 pounds, 15 ounces at 20 and a quarter inches long. It has been 12 days and so far I've come to learn a few things I hadn't otherwise known. 1. Mother instincts are real. It wasn't until my own baby that I actually had a "thing" for babies. Before Ella they were just these little animatronic type creatures that cried and needed diaper changes. Now that I have my own little creature, she's so much more than that. She's my life, my joy, my little bean and all in all, these first 12 days have been SO MUCH easier than I ever thought they would be. 2. Diaper changes aren't bad AT ALL! Not going to lie, it took me a good three or four days to change a diaper all by myself - my first diaper change ever, might I add. My husband was thankfully right on top of changing her whereas I was merely an observant bystander for the first few days. 3. Once the milk comes in, your boob...