If you are looking for expert advice on parenting, you have come to the right place should probably venture elsewhere.
But if you want some honest tips from a semi-clueless first-time mama who is managing to raise a pretty darn awesome kid? Okay, I can help you there. I have now lived three years, five months, and five days with my lovely, precocious little darling.
She is worth the "mommy brain" from which I still often suffer.
She makes me laugh every single day.
So, what advice would I give to a new mom?
Do not lose yourself. Instead, take care of yourself.
Do not let society lead you to believe that a good parent must be a martyr. Don't let unsolicited advice make you doubt yourself. Do not put so much into raising your child the "right way" that you forget to raise yourself up at times. A good mom? Is a happy mom.
So, new moms? Repeat after me.
I will take time to be myself.
I will take time to be alone.
I will do something, just for me, on a regular basis.
I will not apologize for making myself happy.
When I am happy, my child will know it, feel it, and live it.
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4 comments:
Yes!! Great advice! I agree :)
Amen! This is so very true and something that took me way too long to realize. If you don't take care of yourself, you can't possibly have enough strength to take care of those sweet, adorable, yet all to often exasperating darlings!
LOVE this advice!
Excellent advice. I am also always happy to hear about others who also suffer from "mommy brain". :)
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