All the Thinks I Never Thought

I am sure most first-time moms can attest to doing things that they never thought they would ever do…because, as we know, before you have a child, you don’t really KNOW anything. You think you do and it’s so easy to judge, but you really don’t know anything. Really…even if you think you do…YOU KNOW NOTHING!

So, here are some things I never thought I would find myself doing, back during my know-nothing days:

I never thought I would ever run errands in faded black sweatpants and a spit-up stained t-shirt with my still unwashed hair tucked into a ball cap and not a scrap of make-up to be found on my face, simply because my mom volunteered to keep the baby for a couple of hours and I had no time between the time she called and the time she arrived to get presentable. I never thought I’d put on a pair of earrings and a little lip gloss and pronounce myself “cute.” Ah, how our standards have fallen.

I never thought I would have definite opinions on baby wipes…which are the perfect degree of wetness, which are easiest to get out of the box, which smell the best. In fact, I never thought I would declare that baby wipes are, in fact, the perfect household item, handy for not only their intended task, but also for wiping hands, faces, spit-up upon carpet (or any other spit-up upon item, for that matter), dirty walls, dirty counters, toys, etc. Seriously, I do not think my house will ever be without a box of these things ever again. I could extol their virtues forever.

I never thought I would be the kind of person who would WANT to extol the virtues of items such as baby wipes.

I never thought I would look at a friend’s new minivan and envy her. I always firmly maintained that I would never drive a minivan (I knew nothing). Now, all I can think is, “Wow…look at all that space.” I’m still not ready to throw-over my SUV, but I see the benefits of the mom mobile.

I never thought I would look at a trip to the grocery store as a break.

I never thought I would think that going to bed at 9:30 was late.

I never thought I would find myself trying to negotiate with a 4 month old.

But, then again, I knew nothing.