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The mental burden / always worrying about something is harder than I anticipated but I wouldn’t trade it for anything!
Some things are easier than I expected, but I'd say overall quite a bit harder. Though maybe it's just that my kids are both quite young and pretty much their whole lives have been during the pandemic 🤷🏼♀️
Conversation Starter
First two months were my personal hell. Then it got easier. It’s pretty difficult now but more so balancing life not necessarily the motherhood part. I am struggling to balance work. Baby. Husband. Household. And just staying healthy and working out / being fit. But I feel like that 4 months, things started to become second nature for a lot with the baby
Chief
Lol what?? You changed into a PATIENT person when functioning on no sleep?
Was about to reply the same - lol what is this wizardry
Rising Star
First kid, the first few months were terrible, then we hit a groove and it was “easy” for a while. Then had baby 2, and somehow it’s way more than twice as hard.
It also sucks putting yourself as a fairly low priority. Sure, you prioritize eating, sleeping when you can, bathing, etc., but what you WANT gets shoved way down the list behind the kids, work, maybe the health of your marriage, keeping the household running, etc.
Conversation Starter
This
Rising Star
It’s way harder and on fronts I did not anticipate like mental load, latch issues, diaper rashes, daycare Germies etc etc.. but way easier on fronts least expected like my husband stepping up. I never anticipated my husband to be the dad he is and it does make my life a bit sweeter. Also, I have amnesia about the first 3 months. The trauma was so much that I have literally forgotten all the hard parts!!!
Chief
OP- how many kids do you have and how old are they?
Conversation Starter
One kid 2 years old. It’s absolutely hard and I feel guilty daily balancing between work and caring for him but it’s been better than expected maybe due to covid wfh and lots of help.
Rising Star
It was harder than expected for the first two months, easier for a while, harder in the 2s, easy peasy now at 3.5yo 🤷🏻♀️ we’re adding a second soon and I’m sure we’ll be back at hard.
I love being a mom and it came natural, I remember being asked a TJs how many kids I had, I said one. The clerk responded saying your so natural (daughter was two/three months). Confidence is key!!
Chief
Lol ok 👌🏼
Op where are you? Need your secret sauce