These Months Firsts

This is a time of Firsts for Shane. Most days, if not every, he's doing something for the first time. He's had his first poop, first bath, first head bobble, first head lift, first manicure, first whimper, cry, and "listen to me!", first eye tracking, first feeding, first diaper change with daddy, first blow-out with daddy (who only dry-heaved once), first coo, first smile (not gas!)... just to mention a few.

While Shane experiences new first after new first, I believe there is something to be said about the "firsts" that first-time moms experience as well. In fact, I think it needs to be talked about more often. I mean this is a new path, this motherhood, that women all over the world experience every single day which means many of us feel the same way: anxious, fearful, worried, hilariously excited, adventurous.... So while I'm walking in the newness of Shane's firsts, I'm also wading through many "first firsts" of my own.

These are my firsts:
First six-hour stretch of sleep,
First look in the mirror at 4 p.m.,
First bags under my eye... that become familiar,
First breakfast with husband after a one-week absence,
First bathing of slippery, wet, crying newborn,
First 30 minute table conversation discussing circumcision,
First time it wasn't odd to talk for 30 min. about circumcision,
First discussions of pee and poop over breakfast,
First discussion of pee and poop over breakfast that wasn't "disgusting",
First "morning" shower in late afternoon,
First "morning" cup of coffee in late afternoon (now cold),
First red-cushioned chair with rear-end imprints,
First seeing of dawns sun rays slip into the early a.m. hours,
First frustrations with newborn who won't sleep,
First frustrations with myself for being frustrated with our newborn,
First time I've felt cold in nine months,
First outing with our newborn,
First outing without our newborn,
First time falling asleep with Shane.
Isn't time we celebrate the firsts of motherhood!?