You Know You Have a Newborn When...

• Everything is covered in spit-up. (Maybe it's up my nose, because I can't stop smelling it)

• There's a burp cloth on every piece of furniture in your house

• You consider it a successful day if you managed to eat something, get a shower, and your baby is still breathing.

• Your arms and back ache from supporting those 8 tiny pounds in awkward positions. (Actually it's my wrists that hurt the most, but I thought that sounded weird. Nobody talks about wrist pain...)

• You can change a diaper in the dark.

• You find yourself rocking side-to-side or back-and-forth whether or not you're holding the baby.

• You feel well-rested after getting a straight 3 hours of sleep

• You can hear your baby's breathing (and crying...) through the sound of your spouse's snoring, a movie playing, a thunderstorm, etc.

• You can do everything from getting dressed to going to the bathroom, to preparing and eating a whole meal with only one hand.

• You stick a pacifier in your mouth so it's "clean" for the baby.

• You talk about yourself in the third person.

• You are obsessed with your cute, sweet, perfect, precious baby