Navigating Motherhood

You can probably guess, if you’ve read any of my other posts, that my hormones are a bit all over the place at the moment. Before our little boy was born, I remember seeing all over social media how it takes a woman’s body 2 years to balance out again and make you feel somewhat like yourself. As if our bodies haven’t been through enough in growing a baby?! Whilst I can’t personally vouch for the 2 years yet, I can give you an insight into how I’ve felt over the last few months.  I’m not typically someone who cries much, or cried. I can absolutely be a bit sensitive and take things a little too personally at times, but I don’t express that through crying. Now, crying feels like a part of my personality! That’s definitely been something I’ve had to adjust to, and have found difficult doing. I feel like, at times, I have lost my ability to rationalise things until long after they’ve happened. I find myself getting upset about things that, in the past, would never have bothered me, or ...

We went to the cinema!   Baby cinema - who knew this was a thing?!  My friend messaged me to tell me she’d gone to a baby cinema and loved it. I had a little look in my area and turns out there’s one near me too! I went to an independent cinema as this was showing the film I wanted to see, and suited the day I wanted to go. The bigger chains also do screenings but not in all areas - for example, Odeon offers baby cinema in my area, but Cineworld doesn’t.  From what I can see, there’s only showings once a week but it’s definitely worth checking out if you’re wanting to do something different. I’ve gone off going to the cinema in recent years but really enjoyed going during the day time! As it’s a ‘parent and baby’ viewing, it’s much more relaxed and of course suited to babies so you don’t need to worry about feeding, getting up to go and change a nappy, or crying/gurgling noises. My little one loves a little chatter as he’s going off to sleep and did this during our visit ...

So who’d have thought that having a baby would mean you can’t do everything as easily as you used to?! Yeah, I really didn’t quite understand that… for quite some time. Baby pace is a whole new level and, as I’ve said before, any form of leaving the house feels like you’re packing up your entire home (well almost)! There were so many things that I just wanted, and want, to get out and do but the reality is, it just isn’t that simple when you have a baby… and that’s ok! I’m still figuring out this new pace and will most likely continue to have moments where I bite off more than I can chew but hey, it’s all a learning curve!  I’ve learnt that being flexible, when you have a baby, is the absolute best way to be. It’s easier said than done but sometimes you’ll have to accept that what you’d planned to happen won’t always happen. Your plans will likely have to change, a lot. It will be hard to deal with. It will, at times, feel like you’re the only one going through it, or like you’re l...