Being a Mom

It's the greatest thing ever.

It's something you can't complain of. You become the person you are not before. You tend to your little one like no other. With him, you've got more love, more patience, more smiles, more joy, more faith, more humor (even if I'm the most boring Mom ever!).

I have a lot of stories to tell. And this post can go on forever if you will let me.

Of course not. My baby/mommy tales will bore you if I narrate it all: long and boring. So here's one for a start.

Laughing Out Loud (LOL)

I have learned to do things I normally wouldn't, just to make him smile or just to hear him laugh. I tried to avoid being overly corny with my invented quirks or what I call "tactics", but for the sake of the baby, I tend to exaggerate everything: sounds, movements, facial expressions. I look funny, I know, but who cares. Well, hubby does laugh at me sometimes. I do laugh at hubby too because he does the same things. The difference is, he does it better. He's been with kids for most of his life as he had grown in a compound where all her brothers' and sisters' families live too. I would say, he's an expert in entertaining babies, and also taking care of them (diaper change, feeding, baby baths etc.).

There was a time when my baby was only 5 months old and I was carrying him, singing some lullabies and sweet nothings, when hubby entered the room calling out to me. Well enough, KA immediately became alert to hubby's voice, turning his head to where the male voice comes from. The moment KA saw his dad, he had smiled a big bunch. I was jealous! I wonder when will I have that kind of charisma my hubby has with the baby. KA is not like that to me. Maybe KA did for like very rare times. But with his dad, it is EVERY TIME. I know I shouldn't be jealous. Sorry but I just felt I'm being left out.

Anyway, that was 4 months behind me now. There are still a lot to learn in this journey me and hubby have as parents. Some are easy, some are difficult to deal with, and also some are in between. I realized that there are things that hubby can do, and I cannot. And other things that I CAN DO, but hubby cannot.

That will do for me now, as long as KA is happy.

I really hope he's happy.