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What happened next?

 Hey again! After pregnancy comes the bubba themselves! That little baby in your arms straight after or - like me - after a nap. After the hospital stay or not, straight home you go to try and figure out what the H you're doing.  In my experience so many people have this idea that the first few months are the easiest... And they can be! They can be so lovely and so important in bonding but do we forget about how hard the transition can be and the feelings that can follow?  Sleep is the obvious change and we all deal with it in different ways whether it's doing shifts with partners or, for those without, napping while the baby naps. It is super hard to deal with such a drastic change and who knows how long it can take to adjust your body clock and mind!! I personally was never able to nap during the day with bubba but I made it through somehow. Unpopular opinion alert! Get through those months the best way you can any way possible my little one only ever slept on the sofa....

In the beginning

Hey! I thought we could dive right in - I'm here to share my experience and my thoughts on parenting. Every great moment and how rewarding it can be, all the struggles from sleepless nights to tantrums and all the scary changes that come with age :) I think I'll start by touching on one of scariest parts of parenting - the beginning. Pregnancy is like marmite - you either love it or hate it - it can be such a rewarding and loving experience, it builds bonds and is the start of an incredible love! But for others it can be a really negative experience (like mine). I really didn't enjoy pregnancy, I found it uncomfortable, I didn't bond with my bumb, I didn't feel connected nor did I interact with it... I can't explain how horrible I felt, it felt like I had failed even before actually starting! It was horrid and because I didn't fit what I believed was the norm of joyful and happy about my bump I hid it, I didn't speak to anyone and I didnt even search up ...