Turned Upside Down

Today I've been thinking of how our lives have been "turned upside down" by our little precious child. Here are my top three:

1) LESS SLEEP. This is probably the biggest adjustment for me. As an 8-9 hour sleeper pre-Coopie, I've found it extremely difficult to not sleep for as many hours in a row. The scariest part of it is that I'm actually getting used to not sleeping!

2) HE COMES FIRST. I've had to hold in my pee, sit in one position for a really long time, be patient while he falls asleep (or doesn't), and wait to eat my dinner. Kind of like with the cats, but even more demanding.

3) CAN'T FIGURE HIM OUT. Matt and I are always trying to determine patterns in Coopie's behavior that we believe will make things better. For example, if he sleeps during dinner he might be a nightmare when we go to bed. Not true! We're learning that there is no rhyme or reason. Umm, this goes against everything Matt and I believe in: logic and predictability. Those of you who have kids, shut up. We've heard it before. We're not interested in your speech about how "kids interrupt our lives, how that's what parenthood's about, blah blah blah." This type of sage advice just isn't helpful, so quit it.

I will add more to this list later. For the time being, he is sleeping and I'm writing this post so could I really ask for more than that?!