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I was inspired by a friend to start blogging again.  I have no idea if anyone will read these or if I'll be writing them simply for myself... either way, I'm excited to start writing again.
As the title of this post implies, I want to write a bit about my greatest achievement... I am now  a mother.  

Here are 10 things I have learned since becoming a mom:
1. Love at first sight DOES exist.
2. What other people think doesn't matter as much as what your baby needs... changing a diaper, singing a song, pacing around, breastfeeding, etc... wherever you are, you do whatchya gotta do, regardless of who may be watching. 
3. Even a very little baby can sense when their mom is about to eat something... for some reason, they don't like this... they will do whatever they need to do to keep this from happening.  
4. Almost any food can be eaten with just one hand.
5. Newborns cry... a lot... sometimes for no reason.
6. It is perfectly acceptable (and sometimes necessary) to cry along with them.
7. All those things you say you'll never do when you're a parent... you will probably do them.
8. Any song can be a lullaby if you sing it slow enough.
9. Nothing breaks your heart like the sound of your baby crying. Just thinking about it while I type this, my eyes are filling with tears. 
10. There are 1,945,824,692 things that COULD harm your child... you will think about and probably worry over all of them on any given day.  (Seriously, what are the chances the bathtub will fall through the floor and land in the baby's nursery where she is currently napping??  I had that very thought this morning while taking a shower.)