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| Obligatory picture of sweet Baby Love :) Isn't she delicious? She's helpful too! |
1. Eating whatever I want. When I want it. Where I want it. I now am forced to sneak food behind corners and doors if I want to eat all of it myself. My child suddenly finds she has a serious craving for whatever snack I've picked up, and I must share it with her. Because she's cute. So if I don't want to share. I hide. I'm quite literally a closet snacker. Especially if I want a banana, a yogurt, a carrot, a cheezeit, or really anything else. I do have the worlds best eater, though, so I shouldn't be surprised.
2. Using the restroom, alone. I always have at least one "helper" in the restroom, if not one, three. They follow me in. My bathroom is, like, one foot wide by one foot long. There is not room for ANYONE else in there. Yet, they see a need to help me. Sometimes one of them insists on sitting in my lap. I try to only use the restroom during nap time. It doesn't always work.
3. Going to the _________ (fill in the blank with whatever place you can imagine) quickly. Children and Hurry should never be in the same sentence. It just doesn't work.
4. Leaving my house. Ever. No really. I'm not a stay at home mom. I'm a work at home mom. 4 children 2 and under need 4 car seats....and a car big enough to take them places....and at least 2 adults to carry/walk slowly with/hold hands with them. So I don't leave. Ever. I'm blessed with a friend who will babysit for me so I can go to the occasional doctor's appointment. I pay her, but I'm not sure there's enough money in the world to show how much I appreciate her. Sometimes I literally go DAYS without leaving my house.
5. Watching a TV show. Start to finish. I choose not to have my TV on with the children there all day. They don't need it. There is ENOUGH noise at my house without it. Sometimes during afternoon naps I'll turn it on, but I never get through a whole show. There is too much to do. In the evenings after Baby Love goes to bed, I usually watch one show with my husband, then I'm off to bed with a book....and some silence. :)
6. Writing a blog (or anything else on the computer because obviously I didn't have a blog before...) I get "help" on the computer with anything if there is a child awake. Pretty sure Baby Love deleted a document I'd worked on all day (because it takes all day these days), and the recovery of said document wasn't nearly as complete as the deleted document....so it took me ANOTHER day to finish it. She's such a helper.
7. Talking on the phone. I think there's some unwritten baby rule that says "when mom's phone rings...begin crying or screaming". Sorry if you call me.
There will probably be a time in my life where I don't know what its like to use the restroom without help.....or when I'll miss the "help" when I'm on the computer......or when I'll miss the noise of 4 children giggling together.....
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE being a mama. Seriously. God created me to be a mama. I just appreciate things more when I get them now. Like tonight, I'm going to Sonic. This will be my first time in my car....Since SUNDAY! And, I'm going alone. Cue angelic music.
Go ahead...add to my list. Its fun to remind yourself of what it was like BC (before children).
