YOU WISH WITH ALL YOUR BEING THAT IT IS TIME TO GO TO BED AND THEN MISS THEM WHEN THEY SLEEP

Everyone knows that having children changes your life. And of course, we go through a drastic change in our life, routines and way of thinking. In the case of women, our body also goes through a complete transformation.

But also, something I have noticed frequently, is that those of us who have children become a bit contradictory. For example, a situation that you probably have also been through, when you want with all your being that it is time for your children to go to bed and then, you miss them when they sleep.

The change of mentality after having children

I've always thought that motherhood drives us a little crazy. But calm, that I don't say this in the sense that we do things without meaning or lose our heads, but more focused on what we do things we probably would never do before having children.

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For example, things that seemed disgusting to us before, and that even in our first months with children seem odd to us, over time they become something everyday and part of our new concept of "normality".

Sometimes I start thinking about what my life was like before I was a mom and I think it's amazing how it changes our way of thinking and seeing things before and after having children. Those that were so important, suddenly cease to be, and others that we had never even contemplated become priority and of the utmost importance.

Wish they fall asleep so they can rest ... and then miss them when they sleep

One of those things that changes after having children, is rest and sleeping hours. Those hours of sleep that we used to enjoy when and how much we wanted, now they become extremely valuable, precious and yearned for, because they are difficult to achieve with all the routine change we go through when a baby arrives.

Therefore, something that many times mothers and fathers expect and wish to arrive soon, is the time for our children to sleep after a long day. And is that In addition to being a much needed rest for our children, it is also for us. And that is precisely why it becomes something so desired.

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Sometimes, especially on particularly busy days, we even keep a countdown to the arrival of the children’s bedtime, yearning for that moment when you close your eyes and we can enjoy a few moments alone, something that mothers and fathers always do well.

However, something very curious happens after all the routine we do before going to bed, when finally our children sleep peacefully, with their eyes closed and that expression of having no worries in the world: We can't stop seeing them. We miss them. But if a few minutes ago we were wishing they were asleep! Are we crazy parents?

The contradictions of life with children

No, we are not (well, maybe just a little). From my personal opinion as a mother, I have concluded that motherhood is full of contradictions. As a first example, this desire that it is time for children to fall asleep, and then, when they finally do, we keep watching or contemplating them.

Another example? In my particular case, and with which other mothers have also coincided, it is when as a mother you long to have time for yourself, you leave your children with dad or grandparents to have your longed for time alone, and instead of enjoying it, you feel bad because you miss them and even put you to see their photos and think about how much you love them.

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But this is how to have children, a series of beautiful and funny contradictions, in which surely those who do not have children see us as if we were crazy when they ask us how it feels to have children and we say that it is exhausting, exhausting and sometimes stressful ... but the most wonderful thing in the world.

So if you too You wish with all your being that it is time to go to bed and then miss them when they sleepDo not worry, you are a completely normal father and mother, and you only live one of the precious contradictions of life with children.

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