Warning, mamas: The first 12 months of motherhood will make you cry. A lot.
There are the “my God, I haven’t slept properly in days” tears. The “when fill I fit back into my jeans again” tears. Oh, and don’t forget about the “I’m doing a terrible job of this being a mum thing” tears – which we all shed, despite actually doing the very best we can – and managing just brilliantly.
But never mind those tear (wipe them and keep going). Wait till you get to experience all the things your new baby will do to make you cry. Some out of panic. Some out of grossness. And some out of love so overwhelming it will literally knock you sideways.
Keep the tissues at the ready, mamas:
1. The gummy, toothless smiles
Oh my God, you have never know gums could make your heart do a back-flip and eyes flood until you see your baby smile!
2. The way she’ll reach her arms for you when someone else is holding her
Sobbing!
3. The first time he rolls off the bed
And you’ll panic cry, thinking you broke your own baby.
4. The first time he pees in your face when you change his nappy
It’s so gross, we won’t blame you for shedding a tear.
5. The way she’ll put her toes in her mouth
SO Cute.
6. When he sleep through the night for the very first time
Tears. Of. Joy.
7. The way his legs are so deliciously squishy
Baby flesh is just so darn cute, it can totally make you cry.
8. When she outgrows her clothes
And you realize how she is getting bigger and less baby-ish every day.
9. When he throws up orange baby food on your most favourite white blouse
Bye-bye last bit of fashionable wardrobe you had left.
10. The way she looks when she sleeps
There is nothing in this world more beautiful than a sleeping baby. Nothing.
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