Mommyhood=blessinghood

My dearest, closest, best friend is pregnant with her first baby, and I am so excited! What is it about sharing the adventures of mommyhood that is so wonderful? Why is it that talking about being pregnant and all the hormones/cravings/crazy dreams/ridiculous arguments that just makes me so happy?

I think I know what it is, I think it's because when I talk about all of these wonderful things, it reminds me of how blessed I am and how blessed my dearest, closest best friend is soon to be.



With that being said, I wanted to share some mom quotes, among other things:

You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.  -William D. Tammelus

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. - Rajneesh

 Raising a kid is part joy and part guerrilla warfare. -Ed Asner

 And some Mommy facts: (courtesy of Nanny Deprived)

* 25 is the average age of new moms, in 1971 the average age was 21
* 4.3 babies are born every second! (I know that number is the product of a math equation, but it's still extremely weird to not see a whole number....)
* 2 is the average number of children woman have today, unless you live in Utah or Alaska where it's 3
* Only about 10% of women have 4 or more children today, in 1976 36% of women had more than 4 children.
* August is the most popular birth month, and Tuesday is the most popular day
* The odds of having twins? 1 in 32.
* A baby has 7,300 diapers changed by his 2nd birthday (whew, I thought I changed a lot of diapers!)
* A preschooler requires mom's attention once every 4 minutes, or 210 times a day. (I can attest to the truthfulness of this fact....)
* And lastly, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls (yeah for boys!!!)

I feel extremely blessed to be a mom. Yes, I've give up such things as a full night's sleep and going to the bathroom alone but man oh man, what I've received in return has been amazing. And to my dearest, closest, best friend: I am over-the-moon for you and your new adventure. I love you.

A beautiful video by the LDS church about motherhood



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