Hijacked from Margi. I could add personal comments to just about every one of these, but you know what? It’s bedtime. That’s my #21…you go to bed at a somewhat reasonable hour…and don’t mind at all!

Written by Rebecca Woolf and swiped from BabyCenter (as always):

Twenty Things That Change When You Have A Baby

• You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself.
• You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms.
• Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid.
• You’re less self-involved and more self-motivated.
• The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices.
• You respect your body … finally. (Hooray for baby-making!)
• You have stronger opinions and are stronger willed.
• You respect your parents and love them in a new way. (Hooray for grandparents!)
• You find that your baby’s pain feels much worse than your own.
• You believe once again in the things you believed in as a child. (Hooray for the tooth fairy!)
• You lose touch with the people in your life that you should have banished years ago.
• Your heart breaks much more easily.
• You think of your baby 234,836,178,976 times a day. In fact, you’re so busy with this that you forget everything else.
• Every day is a surprise.
• Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. In fact, they please you. (Hooray for poop!)
• You think before you speak.
• You become a morning person. (Hooray for watching the sun rise!)
• If you have a son, you no longer curse men. (Hooray for all men!)
• If you have a daughter, you hope she won’t endure your same heartaches.
• Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power.

I’ll add a couple of my own:

• You suddenly believe in your own mortality.
• You believe in love at first sight.
• Being thankful for every happiness, every day doesn’t seem so trite and hokey anymore.