Author: Ring the Bell
Time flies.
In a few days, my son, Little Gulu, will be nine months old.
Before giving birth, I thought nine months was a very short period of time. It’s so short that I don’t have any more crow’s feet.
But for a newborn baby, nine months is a leap from 0 to 100.
From staring and just crying, to looking at people’s faces and pretending to howl a few times. From being able to dance and kick, to being able to stand firmly while holding on to the fence. I never thought I was a big baby bottle, and my face would change instantly every time I drank it. Even now, when he sees me, he smiles like a spring breeze and reaches out to hug me!
I can even pet cats...
Yanzu and I also went from being overwhelmed when we were parents at the beginning, to being at a loss. Now we are proficient and on the right track (still falling apart).
The following are my thoughts that I, as a new mother, have written piecemeal on social networks over the past few months. I have sorted it out and share with you my experience of laughing while crying.
After all, it is too lonely to suffer alone. When everyone shouts about suffering together, they feel that their own suffering can be better.
1. Regarding the fantasy of little Gulu getting married when he grows up.
When I was watching TV when I was a child, when people in ancient times got married, their parents would take out a jar of good wine, hold it up with their faces glowing red, and pour it into their mouths.
I feel very awesome and look very grand.
So.
In the end, the plan was aborted due to lack of money.
2. Lies about adults.
Why do children need to go to bed before nine o'clock? My parents used to tell me: Because you are still young, you need to grow up.
I only found out after I gave birth to little Gulu, because as parents, we have to watch TV series at 9:30, play Honor of Kings at 10:30, and go out for barbecue at 12:00.
3. About how to quarrel after having children.
Chatting with a friend, I mentioned that if I quarrel with my husband in the future, I should not quarrel in front of the children. If the quarrel happens too often, the children will have psychological shadow.
Therefore, I suggest that everyone use WeChat to quarrel online in the future. It's quiet and environmentally friendly. No matter how noisy it is, you can only see your hands flying wildly on the keyboard, and at most you can see an expression staring fiercely at the screen.
4. About the stubbornness of adults.
Whenever Xiao Liu failed to coax the baby repeatedly at night, I planned to take over.
He shook his head firmly at me, wiped away the tears that were pouring out, turned around and turned his son over in his arms, preparing to do it again.
The familiar BGM will always ring in my mind:
A father who will always be strong in life...
Father Chopstick Brothers - Wonderful Music Collection
5. On why giving birth to children makes you grow older.
Now I know what is missing between those young and beautiful mothers and me: a perfect sleep until dawn.
The biggest factor that affects a woman’s vicissitudes after childbirth is not the childbirth itself, but the inability to get a good night’s sleep for several years.
6. Regarding the difficulty of putting children to sleep.
The painful experience of successive failures to put the baby down after being coaxed to sleep made me realize one thing. There was a reason why the teacher found out that I cheated on exams every time I was studying.
My movements were so large that even my next-door neighbor knew how I felt and thought he was unaware of it.
7. About aunt’s vacation.
There are three kinds of helplessness that cause deep pain in the world.
First, the person you love does not love you back
Second, your efforts will not be rewarded
Third, your aunt is on vacation...
On the first day of my aunt’s vacation, I unlocked a new skill of pooping with the door open.
8. About how tiring it is to take care of the baby at night.
One day I started dozing off like crazy while watching a movie. I wanted to watch a movie and sleep, but I was afraid that Xiao Liu would find me dozing off, and I felt like I was about to split up.
The last time I dozed off in such fear was in my dad’s math class in high school.
9. After giving birth to a baby, men are like pigs.
After having children, everyone falls asleep very quickly. I talked heart-to-heart with Xiao Liu, which made my nose sore and he also fell silent. I was lamenting that it was true that "men will be silent and women will shed tears" when I suddenly heard faint snoring coming from his side.
10. Regarding children recognizing people = turning against each other and refusing to recognize people.
Dad worked hard to put him to sleep for more than eight months. A few days ago, he burst into tears when I hugged him, and he calmed down when I hugged him.
The disappointed Xiao Liu asked me why again and again. I was speechless and couldn't answer. I was as embarrassed as a mistress caught in bed.
11. About mother’s music aesthetic.
The songs I listened to before I had children:
The sunset on the street and the repeater when I was a child. After the end of the world, I am more promising than before;
The songs I listened to after having children:
What is the name of my father’s father? My father’s father is called grandpa. What is my father’s mother’s name? My father’s mother is called grandma...
12. Regarding hard work and support, it is better to do it in one step.
Raising children is so difficult. I really want to adopt a daughter who has graduated from college (a son is also acceptable). It is best to find a job that can support me and retire directly.
If you are interested, you can contact me.
Finally, Lingdang wants to say——
It seems that these "about" are all complaints. In fact, looking back, it made me laugh while reading it.
The pain of giving birth, the pain of mastitis. Raising children is not free, and raising children is tiring. At the time, I found it very difficult to get through it! Day after day, night after night are too long. When will it be the first time?
Now that I think about it, those difficult days are so blurry that I have almost forgotten them.
At that time, I often laughed and joked. Kobe Bryant only saw the sun in Los Angeles at 4 a.m., but new mothers saw the sun at 1 a.m., 3 a.m., and 5 a.m. all over the country for night feeding.
I even found CapitaLand next to my house and took out the garbage at one o'clock in the morning every day.
Learn and explore at the same time. While willingly enduring hardship, he changed the focus of his life from eating, drinking and having fun to his children and family.
Young parents gradually grow up with their children in the process of raising their children.
Even I didn’t like children very much in the past. I thought they were noisy and difficult to deal with.
Why do you think you are so cute after giving birth? Even other people’s children find it cute.
Life is a process of constant slaps in the face. But this face makes me so willing to be slapped.
About the author: Rattle the Bell, a Sagittarius woman from Changsha, a senior emotional writer. Weibo: Ring the bell eno. Public account: Ring the bell. Author of the best-selling book "Girl, You Live Too Hard"