It is incredible to think that my first year of motherhood has already passed and I am now back at work…I’m a working mom! The year was definitely a rollercoaster ride with many highs and lows. To think about what I was going through at the same time last year is crazy. I remember feeling pretty overwhelmed. On many occasions, I was left feeling like pretty much a failure as a mother. Already during the first night, I remember feeling so lost because breastfeeding did not seem to come naturally to me. I began to wonder if I would ever get it…but thankfully by the next day, he was latching properly and eating plenty from that point on. For the first month at least, I thought I was the worst mother because he seemed to spit up so much. I kept thinking that I couldn’t burp him properly which was leading him to spit up. In retrospect, all of these types of issues…they could probably be seen as rights of passages as a parent, such as when baby pees/pooes on a parent for the very first time.
Baby went for his one year shots last week, and we are happy to report that he is booming. He only gained about a pound since we weighed him when he was nine months old, but his height was what surprised us…he grew 11 cm., making him in the 75th percentile for height! I have a feeling that it won’t actually be that long until the time when I will be looking up at my son. Yikes!
The feeling of love you have for you own child is definitely infinite and seeing them smile or hearing their laughter makes it all worthwhile.
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