- Post-partum depression? Try pre-partum depression
- Nursing hurts like a motherfucker even if you’re doing it right
- I will use the word poop more times in an average day than I ever have in my life
- It will take much, much longer to leave the house
- I will cancel plans at the last minute
- I will leave the house without looking in the mirror even once
- Breastfeeding will not, despite the hype,”make the baby weight fall right off”
- My feet will grow an entire shoe size and every shoe in my closet will need to be tossed
- Large breasts are not, in fact, fun
- I will somehow make it through not just days but weeks on less than four hours of sleep per night
- My kid’s drool will not gross me out, even a little bit
- I will share chocolate pudding with my nine-month-old, even though I swore I wouldn’t give him sugar until he’s a year old
- I will find myself comfort-eating and not have the energy to figure out why
- My kid will exhibit classic gender tendencies despite the fact that we don’t insist he play with “boy” toys
- I will develop a furious hatred of clothing emblazoned with trucks, sports and/or teddy bears
- I will not stop nursing just because the baby repeatedly bites me with his sharpsharp little teeth
- My kid will only resemble me when he’s squinting
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September 27th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
elizasmom
Finally, someone else whose body did not conform to the whole breastfeeding-makes-you-lose-weight myth. I could not have been more irked about this!
Also, the shoe thing! I am a shoe girl, and I was really devastated about the shoes I outgrew. I gave them to my sister so at least I knew they were going to a good home.
September 27th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
mama
I think I actually *gained* weight while nursing. It’s not in the least bit right or fair. We should sue.
The shoe thing’s the worst, though. My poor shoe collection. *sniffle*