Mommyhood

I've been a mom for almost 3 months. A lot of people ask "so how's it being a mom?" or "hows mommyhoood?" or "do you like being a mom?" I'd say at the beginning (when we moved to Houston) it was all exhausting and little boring. Violet was 2 weeks old and slept a lot! And just moving from Austin where we lived 2 blocks from 10 close friends and a town with some of our best college friends...it was just me at home so I slept a lot too! So yes at the beginning it was boring because she slept, I would sleep and everything was just so new. Learning how to put her to sleep, give her a bath, breastfeeding and figuring out what her cries meant...all these were exhausting! But now that Violet is a little bigger and awake more it's been more fun! I actually can play with her now :) The past couple of weeks she has had her own schedule that we've been following. Its been SO great to have her sleep for 5 or more hours at night. Here is a "loose" schedule of the past couple of weeks. I'll start with bed time cause then it makes more sense...at least to me

9:00pm- bedtime
4:30am- feeding and right back to bed
7:30am- feeding and playtime
9:00am- nap
10:00am- feeding and playtime
11:30- nap
12:30- feeding and playtime
2:00pm- nap
5:00pm- feeding and playtime
6:30pm- nap
7:00- feeding and playtime
9:00pm -bedtime

This schedule is subject to change at anytime...but it's the "norm" for right now. Some days she is up a little longer or sleeps shorter or longer during naps. It's always changing. It's a little difficult to run a lot errands at this young of an age because they are only awake for at least 2 hours (well for me its difficult, some people can do it)...at least Violet will be in a good mood for that long...and 2hours is pushing it for her! So some weeks, I only even leave the house (in a car) maybe once or twice! i know, it's crazy. It's a lot different from before! We go outside for walks...but it's just hard to travel/do anything that is going to interfere with nap/feeding times. It's definitely has been a little easier now than 2months ago. Mommyhood is a rhythm that I'm still in the process of learning and hope to continue to be willing to learn.