high maintenance to what maintenance?

you know how it goes with your first kid, you're on top of every runny nose, hand sanitizer for after park play, washing the pacifier off whenever it falls, never forgetting to wipe the highchair tray so baby food won't set hard on. yeah totally, me too. in a phrase i was a total high maintenance mom. people say it changes the more you have, holy cow! poor kade and crew! i get tired of wiping every run of snot, i was super relieved they never took pacifiers cause it would be one less thing for me to disinfect, and certainly can't control every little piece of food that drips, drops, or is grinded into their clothes. the thing is people still think i'm pretty uptight when it comes to my boys, but sometimes i wonder if i've totally fallen off the maintenance boat! sure, you'll be nice and say i'm doing fine, but seriously, my kids look like this:

good luck first time moms, but i strongly believe your maintenance goes out the window with subsequent children, well so does your sanity for that matter.