If you think having a baby is an emotional roller coaster, strap on your seat belt for the wild ride that is having your last baby. One minute you're rejoicing over the "freedom" your future holds, and the next you're sobbing about changing the size on your Amazon diaper subscription. The only way to survive is to spend equal amounts of time in denial and in bed cuddling the baby. Get ready to go through all the sad, confusing, exciting stages of the first year with your final child ahead.
You are actually holding your LAST BABY EVER.
And you sob while packing them up.
The baby sounds, the soft skin. Everything makes you want to cry a little.
OMG, please someone let me sleep.
Don't grow one single inch! But grow up enough to sleep through the night! But seriously, please don't get older!
How can you be 100 percent sure?
There's no way you're starting all over again. Nope.
Diapers are a thing of the past, all your children can get themselves dressed in the morning, and you don't have to pay thousands of dollars for preschool. Take me to this magical place.
See ya later, Bumbo! Buh-bye, jumparoo! Sayonara, rock'n'play!
You feel the magnetic pull. You wonder how weird it would be to ask to hold it.
Nope. Not even going to think about it.
MY BABY IS BASICALLY A TEENAGER NOW.
It's time to put your game face on. You can do this.
Pretty impressed with myself.
What's that? I never have to go through that again?!
The baby isn't attached to your hip and you're feeling like your normal self again. You can even plan that vacation next year knowing exactly how old your children will be.
Um, yes. Are you crazy?
And, somehow, you miss it.