When God made Adam and Eve...

I have come to this conclusion---when God made Adam and Eve, he forgot one small detail.  When women have children, they need a third arm.

It's something He overlooked--and He's a man--so I'll let it slide (they don't think of these things).  But it sure would have been nice.  As the baby grows inside of a woman during pregnancy, the mother should also be growing a third arm at the same time.  And when that baby pops out, so does your third arm.

There are so many times during the day I wish I just had one more hand! 

When I'm changing a squirmy baby's diaper, I need another hand to either hold a flailing leg or arm from plunging into poop, grab a wipe, grab a new diaper, quickly close the diaper before I get peed on, ETC.

I also need a third arm when I'm feeding my son.  We're still trying to get the hang of how much formula he needs at a feeding--it ranges from 4-6 ounces.  No fail, whenever I mix up 4 ounces, he is hungry for 6.  Whenever I mix 6, he only eats 4.  UGHHH!  But when he needs more, and is screaming with hunger pains, a third arm would be very handy to unscrew the bottle, pour more powder in, get water, and shake, shake, shake (all while still holding the screaming baby).

When you do finally sit down to feed the baby, one arm is holding him and the other the bottle.  That leaves no arm to do anything else--read a book, use the phone, change the TV channel, etc.  I've pretty much mastered holding the bottle in his mouth by balancing it with my chin--but that I can only do for about 4.3 seconds which does not leave much time to get something done.

My son loves to go on walks.  We go everyday unless it's raining.  Sometimes if it's around nap time he's a little fussy until he falls asleep.  This is when the pacifier comes into the equation.  Have you ever tried to keep pushing a stroller (because if you stop, you have a screaming baby) while trying to hold a pacifier in a baby's mouth because he keeps spitting it out?  I probably look like a real winner walking down the street trying to do this.  I need a third arm!

A trip to the store would be easier with another arm.  When I go to the grocery store, I am carrying the diaper bag, car seat with a 13 pound baby in it, and my reusable grocery bags.  Most grocery stores have automatic doors--thank the LORD!  But some stores (Shopko in Abbotsford, come on!) don't have automatic doors.  Try carrying all of that stuff and open the door and the same time.  Or get a cart from the parking lot to put everything in, push it to the door, and have to get a cart through the non-automatic door.  Not an easy task.  But with a third arm, it would be a breeze!

Life would be so much easier with just one more arm.  But as a mother, you learn to adjust and find ways to do things with the two you have.  That is why God chose women to be mothers (and that is why we do not have a third arm---He must have known we could handle it!)