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a full discloser

When I had Joe, I used to look at moms with newborns who managed to be somewhat put together and wondered how they did it. How were they not losing their minds? How were they not crying all the time? How were their babies so happy? How did they seem so calm and I seemed like such a wreck? When I got help for my post partum depression, I started to see a turn around. When Robert's dad died and I quit caring what anyone told me, I started doing what I wanted with my baby and saw another jump of improvement. As a second time mom, I have the benefit of all that experience. I don't want anyone to look at me right now and think, "wait - how is she so functional?!?!" and not know all the behind the scenes. First, "functional" is relative. I spend 90% of my day feeding a baby, doing laundry, doing dishes, and keeping my 2 year old alive. That's it. You may see the other 10% and be impressed, but it's a lot of messy hair and yelling, "JOE DON&