Madisyn Elise Rajaratnam was born on August 14, 2014 at 7:45 P.M weighing 7lbs 11 oz.
I used to always dream about having my own little baby! I am absolutely LOVING being a stay at home mom. You think that you are prepared to take on the world, you read all the parenting books, have accumulated HOURS of practice from babysitting, and have listened to all the advice that others feel the need to give. But I learned that after ALL that, there are so many things that no one ever told me about being a mom...
1. No one ever told me that I would go through a RIDICULOUS amount of diapers! Yes, I was told that I would go through a lot of diapers. I was not told that my child will now never be able to go to college because her college fund has been spent on diapers ;). I was not told that you can change a diaper and in a matter of SECONDS, she already needs to be changed AGAIN before you have even taken her off the change table!
2. No one ever told me that long showers during the day would be a thing of the past...Sometimes even SHORT showers don't happen....some days I'm still in my pyjamas in the afternoon.
3. No one ever told me that every evening before bed would be a battle. Baby is so tired yet does NOT want to sleep. She is changed, she is fed, but she will cry and fight sleep...every night.
4. No one ever told me that such a little baby could grunt SO LOUD at night to the point of me sleeping with a pillow over my head and complaining to hubby "HOW can you sleep through her grunting and WHY does she have to grunt and make all these noises?"
5. No one ever told me that a baby can be fast asleep and then the second I'm about to start eating dinner she suddenly wakes up and decided that she is hungry....and she is hungry NOW!!
6. No one ever told me exactly HOW MUCH laundry I would be doing.
BUT...
1. No one ever told me the insurmountable love that I could have for this tiny person. That I would do ANYTHING in the world for her and try protect her from anything that will ever hurt her.
2. No one ever told me that I would check on her numerous times during the night to make sure she is still breathing because I already worry about her.
3. No one ever told me that her cry would absolutely BREAK my heart.
4. No one ever told me that some days I would spend hours cuddling her because I just can't bring myself to put her down.
5. No one ever told me that I could just stare into her little eyes all day.
6. No one ever told me that I would be one of "those" moms- where every little thing that my baby does is absolutely adorable and MUST be documented by a picture or video.
7. No one ever told me that I would get so teary-eyed every time I think of my baby getting bigger.
8. No one ever told me just how serious they were when they said "Enjoy your time with them, they grow up too fast!" My baby is only a month old and I can already say...she really is growing up too fast!
9. No one ever told me that I could fall even MORE in love with my husband after seeing how sweet he is with our daughter
10. No one ever told me just how much I would love being a mom.
