Little puffs of air and sounds of tiny snores beside me. Before six months ago, I could only imagine what my life would become and that my personal endeavours would mostly be during my son’s nap times. Yep, his tiny little body is lying next to me having his morning snooze. This time of day has become an interesting observation for me. I wake up around 7am to feed my little guy and then he often naps with Dad for an hour or two before Dad heads off to work. My world is so quiet at this time and it feels as if things pause for a moment. It is regularly my time of reflection and questioning. As a new mom, I have received so much advise from family, friends and yes even strangers (often elderly ladies on the street or in the store). What I have found the most challenging as a parent is sorting through all the information: recommendations you read in preparation for the new addition to your family, all the things you are taught from medical resources, stories your friends-with-kids share, opinions your friends-without-kids have, social media ads and online posts, the grandparent “when I was raising my kids....they survived” comments, and all the personal feelings and thoughts you have of your own. I have relied on my partner a lot during these conversations to decide on how we want to raise our little human being. Of course there are some things that I know deep down are what I feel is best for Baby and those decisions are easy, and there are always things that I need to guide my husband with and things he needs to help guide me. I wanted to make this blog a resource for some tried and true methods that I have found helpful in my journey. Yes, it is yet another opinion and form of advice that you will have to sort through and feel beside your own morals and beliefs, but hopefully it gives you a realistic, experimental review to help you along with your choices. I have found some quick and easy “ooh that makes it easier!” tricks, some longer experiential things I have learned from (that maybe my mistakes can be for you and your ride can be a little less bumpy), and then some quirky opinionated loves for products or ideas that the passionate side of me would love to share. Hopefully, throughout your readings you will find some ease and ideas that make your parenthood even more wonderful and enjoyable! Please feel free to reach out to me with questions or sharing of your own ideas, findings and thoughts! Thanks for reading about my methods! A Mountain Mom
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