I've had a bit of a wake-up call, and it's time for a confession: I'm burnt the fck out by social media. Here's the honest truth, and the real, joy-first direction I'm taking this space moving forward.
Our 6-month-old is officially on the move, and our home wasn't ready. So we're going room by room, choosing safety over aesthetics. Here's what we've prepared so far, and what's still to come, so I can put him down and actually breathe.
I really didn't want to write this week. I'm exhausted, and for the first time in six months I asked my husband to come home, not for help, but because I needed him. So here are the things I'm reminding myself this week, while I'm completely shattered.
When I started IVF, one of the hardest things to adjust to was knowing I'd be doing this without my village. So I decided to manifest my mum friends — the unhinged, borderline-mental, say-the-hard-shit kind. Here's what I've learned about finding your people in motherhood.
Teething is hard. Period. From the not-knowing when it'll happen, to a baby who can't tell you where it hurts, to the broken sleep and the 5-month-old who never wants to be put down. Here's the honest truth no one warns you about, and how we're getting through it.
Two weeks into starting solids and I have THOUGHTS. The pouch guilt, the gagging panic, the poo that could clear a room, and the feral little dinner noises I'd bottle if I could. Here's the honest, messy, beautiful truth no one warns you about.
The start of the next big adventure
Today marks 6 months of Jude. Six months of becoming parents, of motherhood, of a dream come true. Here are 6 things I've learned in the last 6 months that I really didn't know before.