Strange Things Are Afoot

Life with an infant for the past three and a half months has definitely changed things in our lives.

Well duh, I knew things would be different. I knew things would change. I knew my days of sleeping in and playing 5 hours of Harry Potter Lego were long gone.

Do I miss playing Harry Potter lego on Wii? Sure. Do I miss the frustration of waiting for a match or simply to hear from our agency? NOOO!

About a month into caring for our daughter I started to notice some interesting things. I was starting to lose the curl in my hair (I have naturally curly hair...or HAD it). At first I thought it was because I straighten my hair a lot, but usually if I stopped straightening (really, who has time to straighten their hair looking after a 4 week old?) the curl in my hair would come back.

She is three months old, almost four and my curly hair has not returned. So I've gone back to straightening my hair because my almost curly hair just looks frizzy and awful.

Another odd thing, since the placement in October, my cycles have been regular and I think I ovulated on my own for the first time ever. Did I do anything about it? NO.

I'm not sure how I feel about my cycles regulating. Maybe it was a fluke two months in a row. I know I should be happy. I know I should be ecstatic that I ovulated on my own for the first time in 10 years. I know some of you want to throw rotten fruit or a few choice words at me that I should be happy and just suck it up.

But I'm not happy. Dont get my wrong, I'm thankful my cycles are regulating without help. It just doesn't make sense to me why NOW, of all times, my body is starting to cooperate.

Michael (and a few other people) have told me that it's my "mommy hormones" that are kicking in and changing things, like my curl, and my cycles.

Can that really happen? 

I know I should be happy about this, but the timing is all wrong. I can't even think about a second child right now.

But what if a year from now I "miss the train". UGH! I guess I can't worry about that now.

In other news, things are going good. Miss A is trying to sit up, is enjoying tummy time more than last month, and is loving her activity gym. We are currently struggling with naps. She sleeps through the night (don't hate me), but daytime naps are a bit a of a challenge right now. I'm hoping it's just a phase. She will fight me to go down for a nap, but I know she is tired. I'm trying to be super vigilant about her not getting overtired so I'm putting her down after only being awake for an hour and a half. I'm hopeful things will improve. I think this just might be something I need to teach her how to do.