.insanity.

It's been said (over said, in my opinion) how the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. 

This may be true in the world outside, but for parents of new humans there is a different and quite opposite definition of insanity. 

When it comes to newborns, doing the same thing over and over and expecting the same results is insane. 

I am insane. My own mother, who has for the most part recovered from the insanity my own childhood caused, finds great humor in our conversations whenever I proclaim that I have gotten a handle on one aspect or another. And she is right to laugh. I'm realizing that my parenting methods are like my cooking methods. It never works exactly the same way twice. 

And it drives me insane. :)