A Mother's Alphabet

I've decided to start using the 2 a.m. feeding for blog brainstorming (blogstorming, as Matt would say), and this idea came to me in a flash of brilliance (okay, more like a glimmer of consciousness) during the wii hours of this morning...

A is for Awake. You never realized you could spend so many of your 24 hours in this state.
B is for Breastfeeding. Again, you never realized you could spend so many of your 24 hours in this state.
C is for Crib. Notice that this is Mother's Alphabet, not Baby's. He does not acknowledge the existence of this item, much less enjoy sleeping in it.
D is for Diapers. Always more and more and more of them.
E is for Everywhere. This is the location of all of your things that used to have A Place. E could also be for Entropy.
F is for Family. Now that you've added the little one, it feels 'official.'
G is for Grin. Sometimes if you're lucky, you get one - all gums. So cute!
H is for Hiccups. Baby will get these the moment he is laid in 'C' above.
I is for Instincts. One minute you've got 'em, the next minute you don't.
J is for Joy. What you feel when you realize this is your baby, and you get to keep him forever.
K is for Kisses. Can't seem to give him enough.
L is for Laughter...at yourself as you realize you just got pee in your hair.
M is for Mommy, that new name you try out when looking in the mirror.
N is for Noise. White, preferably, to keep that boy asleep.
O is for Ointments of various varieties.
P is for Poop. And lots of it.
Q is for Quiet. VERY VERY quiet when you need to sneak into Baby's room to retrieve some forgotten article.
R is for Remember. You can't do this anymore once you've had a baby, but you can vaguely recall what it was like when you could.
S is for Swaddle, Side-lying, Shushing, Swaying, and Sucking. These "5 S's" have saved our lives.
T is for Trial and error. You realize you're going to do a lot of that.
U is for Uh-oh, somebody just had a diaper blowout again, and it wasn't me.
V is for Vermin. They will get in your house and you will want to destroy them.
W is for Wash, meaning laundry. Vast loads of light blue laundry.
X is for X-ray vision. Wish you had it to see if that diaper needs changing again. Maybe it comes when your child is older, along with magical, face-cleaning spit and eyes in the back of your head.
Y is for Yawn. Enough said.
Z is for Z's. How you miss them, but this Mother stuff is totally worth it.