Welcome to the Meyer-Hood!: When A Child Is Born, So Is A Mom

Yes, I hijacked the title of this post from the latest Carter's commercial, but it is so true!

Given all of the experience I have had with kids and babies in the past, I thought that Maverick would come into this world and I would automatically become a professional mom. Boy was I wrong! Being a mom is so much harder than I could have ever imagined, and no matter how much practice you have with other people's children, I don't think anything can actually prepare you for it. Now don't get me wrong, I am loving every single minute, take that back, ever single second of motherhood...I am just doing a lot of learning as I go. For instance, one could say I am a very "by the books" type of person. When I didn't think Maverick was eating enough because what I read didn't match up with his rhythm, I freaked out ~~a little~~ a lot. When I made the decision not to breast feed full time while I knew that "breast is best," I cried every day for a week. Fortunately for my conscience, I was asked by the doctor to discontinue breast feeding anyway, but that's a different story. When Maverick busted out of his swaddle at two days old and we couldn't get him to sleep flat on his back, I wondered if Sam and I would ever sleep again. You know what though? Our sweet baby boy is one of the happiest and healthiest babies around, and the two of us are really getting the hang of things! No, we may not follow the rules exactly, and Mav may not do everything just like all of the babies in the books we read, but he is thriving, and for that I am so proud. I truly look forward to the future and learning how to be the best mom to Maverick that I can be!

I definitely have to give Sam some props too! He is turning out to be the world's greatest daddy, I think I'll make him a t-shirt for Christmas :-) Having never been around babies and not even the first clue about how to hold/change/feed them, he has stepped up to the plate and is doing a fantastic job. You can tell by the way he looks at Maverick that he is completely head over heels. It's also so cute when he talks about the future and taking Maverick to the race shop to work on the 27M! Right now they are both snoozing on the couch. Mav is asleep on Sam's chest, of course. I love it!

Here are a few pictures of our big boy from the last couple of weeks. I can't believe he will be one month old tomorrow. We to the pediatrician first thing in the morning for a check up and I can't wait to hear the doctor brag about what great progress Maverick is making!

First family outing at Nathan & Rachel's wedding

10/20/2012