Nicole Richie misses the simple life
Categories: Newborns, Life & style, Celeb parenting
New motherhood -- fulfilling as it is -- can be a difficult adjustment. I can only imagine that adjusting to life with a demanding young baby has to be especially hard for a young celebrity mom who's used to spending her days shopping and her nights partying. That's why it didn't surprise me when I read that an "insider" recently told the press that Nicole Richie is torn between enjoying life as a new mom and missing her old party girl ways. She calls life with baby Harlow "beyond amazing," yet misses her former, carefree lifestyle. Yep, that about sums it up.
I remember sitting in a rocker on my third night as a new mom. Suffering from the baby blues and sleep deprivation, as well as a little uncertainty about why my baby wouldn't stop crying, I began to wonder if life would ever be the same again. What I didn't realize then -- tears falling, hormones raging, brain exhausted -- was that I was right; life would never be the same again, it would be better.
Nicole may already realize that, despite what this "insider" says. But if not, I'm sure that she soon will. What about you -- did you mourn your former life when your child came along?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
NIkki 5-07-2008 @ 10:48AM
Oh yea, I miss the good ol' days, when I could sleep til 12 on the weekends ans go to the store w/out worrying about taking too long w/ the baby getting fussy. But I had my first at the young age of 20 and sometimes feel as tho I missed out, but i'm on my second (and last) baby and I'm enjoying every bit of them (except when my 5 year old rolls her eyes and thinks she knows it all) I thought I didn't have to worry about that til they were teens. lol but as much as I miss "those" days I wouldn't trade a day w/ my kids to get them back. I now look forward and can't imagine my life w/out them.
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aprilkelm 5-07-2008 @ 1:40PM
When our baby was about 3 weeks old, we got in the car at 11pm for a Sonic run. As my husband was starting the car, I looked at him and said "What are we doing? We have a baby!" So he went in and got her.
Since then, we've accepted one person going and bringing back for the other, but I do miss late night at the Sonic together.
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c 5-07-2008 @ 11:07PM
I cried for weeks after I had my little girl (PPD will do that.) I thought for sure that our lives were over. We had both desperately wanted her and were happy to have her, but it took a little time to adjust. Now, 14 months later, our lives are better than I ever could have dreamed. I vaguely remember coming home from work and school everyday, wondering at the purpose of our lives. After we were blessed with our baby, I realized that we had discussed the meaning of life. I've never questioned our purpose again.
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