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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