What No One Ever Told Me About Being a Mom

I am the proud mother of a 2-1/2-year-old and a 3-month-old. But there are a few things that no one ever told me about being a mom.

No one ever told me that you can survive on three broken hours of sleep a night. No one ever told me that I will get up to brush my teeth and mistakenly pick up Desitin (that was left on the counter) and use that. (Nasty.)

No one ever told me that a 3-min. shower (every other day if I'm lucky) would be my "me" time. No one ever told me that I wouldn't care if I have spit-up running down my back and I haven't brushed my hair for days.

No one ever told me that the 15 minutes my husband and I have together a night would feel like an eternity because all I want to do is go to sleep.

No one ever told me that I would master cooking with one hand. No one ever told me that shaving my legs would be a privilege. No one ever told me that I would never go to the bathroom the same way ever again. No one ever told me that I would forget to eat. No one ever told me that I would be the one who would defeat the monsters in the closet. No one ever told me that both kids would cry at the same time and there is no off button. No one ever told me what toddlers eat. No one told me that if one child gets sick the whole house gets sick (duh!). No one told me that when my child vomits I will use my own hands to catch it. No one told me that it it easier to potty train a cat than a 2-year-old. No one ever told me that I would memorize the silliest kid songs and sing them when I'm not even with my children. No one ever told me that I would know all the different kinds of trucks.

No one ever told me that having children is the most gratifying and thankless job you could ever do. No one ever told me that the love for my children would take complete control over my life, and that I would invite that control. No one ever told me that I would give up my selfishness totally for the fact that I have to. No one ever told me that getting up three or four times a night would be worth it. No one ever told me that I could be this happy and this tired and this worn out and still look forward to doing it all again tomorrow.

I don't know if I will ever sleep again and I don't know how much "ME" time I will ever get again but I do know that I have so much love in my heart that I don't care. My boys mean everything to me and nothing else can ever come close to that.