So a friend of ours is setting up her nursery and getting ready to have her baby in December and she was asking us for advice. As I was thinking of what to tell her, I started looking through some of the posts from when Ian was first born. After reading through most of the posts, it’s hard to imagine Ian ever being that small or having all the issues we did. Ian doesn’t cry that often anymore. Seriously, Jesse and I think it’s cute when he starts that pouting cry he does. At night, I rock Ian to sleep and I enjoy when he just sleeps on my chest. The other night, I remember thinking that I missed this, since he used to do it a lot when he was younger. Now I remember why he did it and the trouble we had because of it. There has been such a drastic change from the first two months to these last two months that it’s unbelievable. I’m sure the change has been there for awhile, but it was really never in my mind until just now.

When Ian was first born, Jesse and I were saying that nobody ever tells you about the horrors of the first couple weeks. We weren’t prepared for it. At the time, we were told it was because most people tend to forget it because of the good times that follow. Now that it’s been seven months, I understand and get it.