I am now 9 months postpartum, back at work and my son sleeps a reasonable amount, ish. When I was more in the proverbial trenches, during those first few brutal, exquisite months of my baby’s life I kept thinking about how it will go back to normal soon. But the days passed, and the normal never came. I am sure I don’t need to explain that your life is never the same again when you have a baby blablabla. But apparently I did need to explain it to me. I was shellshocked.