There is very little cooing and cuddling - far more running after, entertaining and figuring out how to stay occupied hour to hour.

Muahahaha. Oh yeah. That would be motherhood. Though in my case, there's much more yelling and scolding and what he calls "The Mom Look" and "The Mom Voice" than cuddles and "I love you." Why don't you remember it? Because kids don't remember the running after, frustration, stop that stop that stop that and Mom I'm bo-ored. We remember the cooing and cuddling even though it's only a minor percentage of the momstuff.