motherhood is hard. there, I said it.
There is a reason why I have not been updating Year 2 too often. It’s not really for the lack of things happening. It’s because we have noticed that our child has a lot of anxiety and is not yet speaking at the level that his peers are speaking. And being parents, wondering whether your child is “OK” can be terrifying. I avoid writing about it because I spend most of my waking moments worrying about it.
So begins our quest to find a part time nanny for my one year old. We did this by having my mom stay with us for a few months while we look for a nanny, but soon we discovered that this approach brought new challenges. For one, my mother must always offer her opinion on everything I do. Here are the posts leading up to Year 2, which contains posts about why I wanted to continue being my child’s primary caregiver and not put him in daycare or hire a nanny.
“I AM TOO SLEEP DEPRIVED TO BE LESS NEUROTIC.”
I blogged 122 entries relating to my baby’s first year and our transition into parenthood. I tried really hard to juggle motherhood and entrepreneurship, but just couldn’t do it to my satisfaction. I ended up taking the year to focus primarily on being a mom, and with whatever time I had left over, I did some business stuff. I also struggled with self identity, from entrepreneur & business woman to “mom”.
Read from the first entry or Read from the last entry in this category.
“BIRTH TO POSTPARTUM: FROM CLUELESS TO HORMONAL.”
There are 24 blog entries relating to my birth and postpartum experiences, and the early weeks of motherhood. We’ve had a bumpy start, as our baby developed an infection 2 days after he was born, and had to be readmitted to the hospital. Fortunately he recovered fully. Needless to say, I was hormonal and emotional during the postpartum weeks, and felt like I was completely clueless as a new mom.
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“WHERE IS THIS GLOW I KEEP HEARING ABOUT?”
I’ve blogged 86 entries describing my experiences with pregnancy, including a tough first trimester. I was extremely nauseous and confined to the bed or sofa because I felt too sick to do much of anything. My “first trimester” symptoms lasted 5 months! I also described some emotional highs and lows of pregnancy, and the realization that I was in the process of a major life transition.
Read from the first entry or Read from the last entry in this category.
Photo credits: 9 Months and “All Hooked Up” by Benjamin Earwicker, cake picture by Giani Pralea, My Little Angel picture by Simona Balint. The picture of our little boy running on the beach was taken by my husband.
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