1) I have no clue what I'm doing, and when I do "figure it out," something changes. We had a rough time with sleep schedules for the first seven months(ish). Then, munchkin started sleeping beautifully. He sleeps a LOT - we wake up early, but he is happy! A few weeks before daylight savings, he started waking up earlier and earlier with the sunrise. It was rough for a while, but now we are back on schedule. We tried many things, and I have no clue what it was that helped him.
2) Life is exponentially harder with a child. I thought that having a kid would (simply) be one more person to dress and get out the door. Reality is all like, "Munchkin goes poo just as you're ready to leave and then you'll be frustrated and totally forget to grab a blanket, which baby needs because it's cold and raining outside, so you will have to go back in the house and get it, at which point you will realize that you don't have a jacket and are dying of thirst because you haven't had a chance to eat or drink anything all morning, so you grab some water, get into the car, and realize that you forgot to grab the keys. Wait, where are they keys?!.." Which leads me to...
3) Organization? An elusive dream of the past. I like to be organized and have my act together, but there are so many things that go on inside of a mommy brain that it is near impossible to have everything together these days. I mean, I make lists and lose them. Not so helpful.
4) You worry about stupid things. Like the fact that munchkin isn't walking yet. This one in particular is exacerbated by the fact that he rolled over at just a few weeks old and started crawling just after he turned six months old. Everyone expected him to be walking before the new year, but he is just now starting to take his first steps. It's perfectly normal, his development is excellent, he's just not completely confident with walking. No need to fret. (But I do.)
Hopefully I'll be more consistent with writing on here, but that whole organization thing usually puts a kink in my plans.
Happy Birthday, little man! You've taught me so much!
