This morning while I was in the shower I felt inspired to start writing about my experience thus far in motherhood. Several reason...first because I can feel myself forgetting. The weeks and leaps and milestones start to blur and I don't want to forget how it was, how it is, to be a new mom. Also because over the past few months I have asked myself about a million times, "why didn't any one tell me _________?" The blank can be filled in with almost anything about parenting. I recognize that it's not anyones actual fault, that it's impossible to truly prepare someone for raising a child, and that everyones experience will be different so even the advice you give or receive may not be helpful. However, I still feel like I could have used a little bit more insight going into this monumental change, and I don't really want to be the friend whose only answer to my future new mom friends is, "I don't remember". I am the first of my close friends to have a baby and when my friends start having their own i'd like to offer as much support as possible in their adjustment, even if that just means normalizing the off the wall feelings that will inevitably blindside them along the way, or providing accurate dates and data when they are desperate for some kind of peace of mind about weight or sleep or solids.
Lastly, I want to write for my own sanity, which has always kind of been the purpose behind this blog space. Writing helps me find myself, how I feel, how i'm doing, if i'm okay, where I'm going and what i'm learning. And I need some of that kind of grounding right now.
Lastly, I want to write for my own sanity, which has always kind of been the purpose behind this blog space. Writing helps me find myself, how I feel, how i'm doing, if i'm okay, where I'm going and what i'm learning. And I need some of that kind of grounding right now.
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