Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Confessions of a Tired Momma

I SHAVE MY EYEBROWS.
Okay, not really. You see, I have been blessed (cursed?) with thick and often uncontrollable eyebrows. Since I rarely have a moment to myself anymore to tediously pluck those stray eyebrow hairs, I usually just use a razor and they are gone in 2 seconds. HUGE time saver and I don't look like a crazy person with unkept eyebrows.

I HAVE GRAY HAIR.
Maybe it was just one or two gray hairs that I found a few months ago, but still it was kind of shocking. I consider 29 to be relatively young. I am blaming the two little gray fellas on the stress of moving while pregnant and dealing with a 2 year old. My big vain concern is what I will do when I find more gray hair. Dye it? I haven't ever dyed my hair & I don't really want to start, but I also don't think I'm ready to go all the way gray at this point in my life. Please tell me I'm not the old 29 year old momma with a couple of gray hairs.

I WEAR MATERNITY PANTS WHEN I'M NOT PREGGERS.
Come on, though- They are really comfortable! Any day now, non-maternity maternity pants are going to become a thing and I (along with every other momma out there) am going to be kicking myself for not pursuing this idea any further. Sadly, I finally had to retire my favorite maternity pants after my rear expanded a little too much during this last pregnancy.

I'M SECRETLY ENVIOUS OF MOM'S WHO DON'T BREASTFEED.
Well, not so secretly anymore. I am extremely grateful that my body is allowing me to feed this precious baby, but nursing a little one when you also have a toddler that needs you + the house to clean + friends to see + shopping to do + a body to get back in shape is not easy. There is no me time!  I know, I know. I am being completely selfish here. It will all be over in a year and I will be longing for both girls to be little again and need me for everything, but right now I am selfish and I just want 5 minutes without somebody attached to me.

10 comments:

  1. Quinn, pray that you got Papa's genes about your hair. He never got completely gray. I, on the other hand, got Grandmama's gray genes--beautiful gray hair but it started at 16 with a couple of gray hairs and by the time I was your age I had been coloring for a couple of years. Lady Clairol was my best friend. I finally let it go natural when I realized I just couldn't keep up with the roots. One of my students told me he had seen blonds with black roots but never black hair with blond roots. Made me think. LOL. Love your blog. Love you.

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    1. I certainly got Papa's eyebrows!, so maybe I got his gray hair genes as well :)

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  2. I know what you mean, breast feeding is very time consuming. It's cheaper but I always had to stop what I was doing and my youngest is a bottomless pit.
    Love the mommy confessions!

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    1. I'm glad I'm not the only one! My 2 month old seems to want to eat whenever I start cleaning or as soon as I get everyone in the car to go somewhere. Like you said - It is FREE, so I guess it's worth a little inconvenience :)

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  3. Grandmama Confessions - I wish I could wear maternity clothes all the time! Wait....most of my clothes look like maternity clothes anyway....never mind. :)

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    1. Seriously, they should totally make 'maternity' style pants, but the belly band could be made of the spanx material. It could be super comfy + make you look skinnier!

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  4. two gray hairs isn't a lot, the way our hair changes is really gradual anyway-and once you start dying it's so hard to stop! at least it was for me.

    don't feel too bad, I'm 35 with LOTS of gray (and I'm no longer coloring it!!!!)

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    1. I'm leaning towards not ever dyeing it. I'm pretty low maintenance and another thing to add to my weekly/monthly routine is not something I look forward to. . . we'll see. Maybe I'll dye it all gray one day and be done with it - none of that in-between nonsense.

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  5. I totally wear maternity pants and I'm not preggers anymore! They are so dang comfy. And I know about feeling envious about moms who don't breastfeed. I am so grateful that I can, but sometimes I think about how nice and convenient it would be to just give her a bottle or something. But ya know what, I wouldn't trade it! Not one bit :)

    p.s. I love the name of your blog. And your name. And your babies are adorable!

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    1. Thanks. I'm glad that some other mommas out there can relate. :)

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