Mommy Wisdom

I for sure don't know everything but here are a few things I've figured out in the last 2 years of mommyhood

• At some point you stop separating the lights from the darks - just getting it all washed is a miracle. 
• You also stop sterilizing pacifiers.  Whatever...a little dirt won't hurt.
• Those failed pregnancies got you to your current reality and it is good. So very good.
• Multi-tasking is what keeps it all together.
• Multi-tasking is an inherent female trait.
• You want to be the best hippie, organic, essential oil using, all natural mommy - but you draw the line at cloth diapers.  Because eeewwwww. 
• You will become OK with congealed applesauce becoming a permanent part of your floors and cabinets. You have accepted a new level of clean and it's much, much lower than you ever imagined you'd be OK with. 
• You will freak out over a fever,a fall or blood the first time.  Then it's no biggie.
• Even when they sleep through the night, you never sleep the same again.  Some part of your brain is always awake, aware and worried about them. 
• Going back to work is hard.  So is staying home. You want to quit work but then you'd be home with them.  All day.  Every day.  Every. Single. Day. 
• You question everything - the food you feed them, the products you use on them, the cleaning products, the sunscreen...the safety of literally everything comes into question.   
• Along the lines of questioning everything, you question everyone!  At some point, you realize the doctors don't know it all. I mean, they are smarter and more educated than you all day long but they know a little about a lot.  They don't know everything.  They can't possibly be specialist in all areas.  And they certainly don't know your kids better than you.  Like when they tell you childhood eczema isn't caused by or affected by foods so go ahead and give them the dairy....and then they flare up. Every. Single. Time. And then they still tell you that's not the problem. Excuse me doc, your text books may tell you that, but my reality tells me otherwise. 
• The best part of my days are when they smile at me for no reason. And when I get home from work and they yell "mommy, mommy, mommy" while looking at me through the baby gate.  And when they let me snuggle them - they won't always fit in my lap so perfectly and I don't take that for granted.  Nothing else matters when they want to snuggle with you. It all can wait. 
• You give up on the dog's allergies because you can't catch everything the kids throw from the highchairs and for the love!  Doesn't this dog know he will get an ear infection by now?  Gah!
• For some reason your friends that have babies after you will ask you for advice.  This makes you so proud of the faith they have in you.  And also wonder if they realize you're making this shit up as you go. 
• You will ooze with emotion when you see the way they look at their daddy.  You love him impossibly more than you thought possible for that.