Being A New Mom

​So this June I was lucky enough to experience one of the most exciting, yet scary, rewarding, yet tiresome, things life has to hold. Yes, on the 25th of June at 5:46 a.m., after 10 hours of labor, I became a mom. Evelynn Mae McAllan entered the world at a healthy weight of 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 19 inches long.

​Now, at this point I believed the hard part was over. Silly me thought after 9 months of pregnancy and then the 10 hours oflabor being a new mom would be easy. I was sadly mistaken. No my friends, being a new mom is by far much harder then anything else I have done. Now don’t get me wrong, it is totally worth it and is something I would not change for the world. But with it comes a new kind of worry and a new kind of life.

​ Now 3 a.m. is no longer a time of the morning I see because I am getting home late from being out with friends. No no, now I see three in the morning because a tiny human has decided they are hungry and demand that they be fed, immediately. I have mastered eating dinner with one hand, the other used to cradle the tiny human who has decided being put down is simply not an option. Word smith can be placed on my resume thanks to the new sounds and words Ive created after spending hours trying to keep the tiny human giggling and smiling. Oh yes, being a mom has its difficulties. But with just one look in your direction, that tiny human makes it all worth it. Yes, the tiny human has taken up your entire heart.

​ Evelynn will be three months on Saturday and with that I have already learned a great deal of what to do and what not to do when it comes to taking care of a child. I also know that there is so much more to go and I haven’t even touched the surface of what it takes to be a parent. But I hope to share what I have learned and what others like me have learned as well!