This too...

I must make a confession. For quite some time after giving birth to the little man, I actually felt sorry for all my still-pregnant friends who were bursting at the seems with excitement to have their babies. I was flat-out dumbfounded by women who had done it before and signed up for a second round. I just kept thinking, this is the single most exhausting thing I have ever done...the work and lack of sleep far outweigh the fun.

I also made the mistake of reading websites that said things like, "some babies don't sleep through the night until they are a year old." I can't tell you the flood of tears that provoked.

The waking in the night was one thing, but the colic was thisclose to making me hop a plane to anywhere but here.

I said all that to say this: it's temporary. He's three months old, and the bulk of the time he sleeps 6-7 hours at night. Even when he does wake in the middle of the night, I actually know him well enough to get him back to sleep within 15 minutes.

The colic went away. When he cries now, there's a reason, and as soon as I fix it, he's happy again.

So, now he's cool. He's starting to learn things, which makes the fun far outweigh the work and exhaustion.

I still don't want to sign up for round two, but I do feel the need to spread hope to people who are still in or have just ahead of them the not-so-fun stages of a new baby.

This too shall pass.