Things New Moms Do ! 

You know you are a new mom when you :

• Check the breathing of a sleeping baby every 10 minutes .
• Stock up on teethers way before teething time like a warrior prepares ammunition for battlefield.
• Have hand sanitizer and wet wipes on every nook and corner of the house , just in case.
• Carefully auscultate the baby to hear the soul satisfying ‘burp’ sound.
• Diligently fill the baby book.
• Stay camera ready with milestone stickers for monthly birthdays .
• Buy a Baby Food Maker (Which she will dump in a few days and start using the blender like a pro.) 
• Join all the feeding support groups on Facebook in your mission to be the perfect mom (and  get bullied. We all have been victims of the Sanctimommy , haven’t we ? ) 
• Over shop for the newborn phase and pile up those cute teeny booties which you will hardly ever use.
• Get upset seeing yourself looking vaguely pregnant even months after delivery 😦 . (No one told you about that , did they ?)
• Meticulously record the pee and poo count of the baby . 
• Get ambitious about potty training . (Dearie , it’s a long way off .. don’t prolong your struggle) 
• Suffer from an anxiety attack before pediatrician’s appointment as if he is about to disclose your exam results .
• Panic about baby’s weight ,height and growth percentiles. 
• Discover the new meaning of crazy exhaustion .
• Get anxious while cutting those tiny nails almost weekly .
• Confused about new baby vocabulary like swaddle , mittens , nipple shield, latching , let down and so on .
• Realise that choosing between a high chair vs a booster is more difficult than choosing a spouse .
• Sneakily smell your baby’s diaper before handing him over to someone.
• Exhaust your phone’s memory card in a matter of few days , thanks to the infinite number of cute poses your baby manages to make.
• Crave for alone time and when you get to be on a date-night with the husband , you end up talking about and missing the baby.
• Realise that breasts were actually meant for a purpose :p 
• Hope for atleast someone to remark that your baby looks like you (and is not just his father’s copy)
• Wonder how giant your neighbour’s toddler looks.
• Pack the whole nursery in the diaper bag for even a minor excursion.
• Miss spooning with your husband.

But before you realise it that you are a new mom , your infant has grown into a toddler and you are now the agony-aunt for the next series of brand- new moms! 
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