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Giggles and Coos From You!

50 Ways to Know You've Adjusted to Life with Baby

By I.J. Schecter

38. When you catch your reflection coming out of the shower, you actually resemble a human more than a zombie.

39. You've started to speak in multiple syllables again, and complex sentences might be right around the corner.

40. At the grocery store, you're starting to become reacquainted with items outside the "Baby Needs" aisle, such as bread, milk, cheese and deodorant.

41. People have stopped ending every conversation with you by saying, "There's light at the end of the tunnel."

42. Instead of falling asleep without a word to your partner, nowadays you can manage to murmur, "I love..." before nodding off.

43. You can tell morning from night with almost no problem at all.

44. You've started talking to people in a normal voice again instead of greeting them by saying, "Hewo, how's da widdle snookums?"

45. If you count all the different bits and pieces of news you've read over the past few months, it amounts to almost an entire newspaper.

46. Every now and then, you're able to snatch a few hours of sleep without lying awake wondering whether the baby is OK.

47. It has been weeks since you fell asleep in the middle of a conversation.

48. Besides your mother, people have stopped bringing you meals.

49. When you drift off while playing blocks, the baby barely notices.

50. You're starting to think about another child.

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