{"id":400,"date":"2021-11-01T06:42:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T10:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/?p=400"},"modified":"2023-12-20T18:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T22:00:19","slug":"hey-mama-it-gets-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/blog\/hey-mama-it-gets-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Mama, It Gets Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"400\" class=\"elementor elementor-400\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-522b56da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"522b56da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40RtKmG\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"229\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/audible-logo-min.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7012 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/audible-logo-min.png 1000w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/audible-logo-min-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/audible-logo-min-768x220.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/audible-logo-min.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7012 lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/audible-logo-min.png 1000w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/audible-logo-min-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/audible-logo-min-768x220.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6eefc9\" data-id=\"c6eefc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-630b9e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"630b9e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The ONLY way I have time to read!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2873cc6d\" data-id=\"2873cc6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-776816ac elementor-align-right elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"776816ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40RtKmG\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get 1 Month Free<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1ad156 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1ad156\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75c0fdc\" data-id=\"75c0fdc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70d87b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70d87b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hey Mama, It Gets Easier<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b52c36e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b52c36e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Why \u201cit gets easier\u201d is true &#8211; no matter what moms of older kids say. Here is when things started to get easier for me after having two kids under two.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a729914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a729914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Life with two kids under two: In the trenches<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a71d756 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a71d756\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I can vividly remember the state of my being with two under two.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a617b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a617b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was a shell of my former self. My second born, who was three months old, had yet to sleep for more than two hours straight or feed without crying since the moment he took his first breath.<\/p><p>I had anxiety attacks nearly every time I tried to feed him because I knew it wouldn\u2019t go well. I became conditioned to fear feeding time and so did he because we both knew he wouldn\u2019t like it and we would both end up in tears.<\/p><p>I hated that I felt useless.<\/p><p>I hated that I couldn\u2019t seem to do the one thing that was most essential in the newborn days &#8211; feeding.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fcb08a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fcb08a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do toddlers cope with a new baby?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6885f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6885f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With my first it had been different. My two-year-old was still adjusting to this other human in the house and she too needed me physically and emotionally all day long. She too woke up nightly. She was going through a transition of her own and it was my responsibility to guide her through that.<\/p><p>Toddlers don\u2019t understand \u201cmommy is tired,\u201d toddlers want you to play, right now. The sleep deprivation I was experiencing stole my ability to think clearly or critically, to take care of myself, to feel joy, or to be able to make sound decisions. I couldn\u2019t remember basic events about my day. All I wanted was four straight hours of sleep. All I wanted was a moment where I was not needed. I felt like a shell of a human. I didn\u2019t recognize myself and I didn\u2019t see a glimmer of light at the end of the big dark tunnel I found myself in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b51a30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b51a30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1256\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-675 lazyload\" alt=\"Children&#039;s feet sitting on a fence with parents holding them\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-2048x1072.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-600x314.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1256\" src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-675 lazyload\" alt=\"Children&#039;s feet sitting on a fence with parents holding them\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-2048x1072.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-Jo3hnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-01-min-600x314.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2b7ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d2b7ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why do people give unsolicited parenting advice? Words that hurt<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a5c8af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a5c8af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Enter the comments from well-meaning older mothers:<\/p><p>\u201cYou just wait until they\u2019re teenagers, you\u2019ll wish they were this age again.\u201d<br \/>\u201cSmall kids, small problems. Big kids, bigger problems.\u201d<br \/>\u201cEnjoy them while they\u2019re young, it only gets harder.\u201d<\/p><p>These phrases hit me like a tonne of bricks.<\/p><p>How can any problem be bigger than my physiological need for sleep? How can anything be more stressful than the constant noise and touching that I experience 24\/7 and I get 0 breaks from? I am literally needed by multiple humans for every aspect of their physical care and development every single day for the foreseeable future. How can I be needed any more than that? I hardly had the capacity to think about how to solve my current problems, never mind thinking about parenting bigger kids.<\/p><p>I felt belittled. I felt invalidated. I felt like there was something wrong with me for struggling. I felt like these comments confirmed my deepest fears: that I was not cut out to be a mom after all. If it only ever gets harder, and the problems only ever get bigger, and I already feel like I am drowning, I must not have what it takes to be a mom. I definitely don\u2019t have what it takes to be a good mom. That is what I took away from this unsolicited parenting advice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e0294 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8e0294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is it normal to have mom guilt?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c44e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c44e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mom Guilt: It&#8217;s a beast of its own. Mom guilt happens to just about everyone, and at the end of the day, we feel it because we think we aren&#8217;t doing enough as a parent. The crazy thing is that most moms don&#8217;t realize that while mom guilt is painful to feel, it&#8217;s also incredibly common and normal. That&#8217;s not to say that we need to live with it, but there are endless reasons as to why we feel mom guilt and many factors like sleeplessness, hormones, parental stress and more that contribute to creating it.<\/p><p>I felt guilty for not enjoying the sweet moments, but I couldn\u2019t see past the fog of my exhaustion. I felt guilty for being touched out, but I couldn\u2019t see past my aching shoulders, sore back and clothing covered in spit up.\u00a0I felt guilty for wanting to plug my ears to the sound of delightful shrieks and giggles, but I couldn\u2019t see past the sound of their screaming and crying all hours of the day and night. I was aware of the fleeting nature of these years, but I was unable to see past the difficulty because I felt swallowed up by it for many moments of many of the days.<\/p><p>I can understand that the women making these comments were walking their own hard paths. Every season of parenting and every season of life has its challenges, but comparative suffering never solves the problem. In no way does it show support or validate the struggles of a mom with young children. It induces fear. It induces shame. It induces guilt.<\/p><p>Does having older children come with heartache and stress? Absolutely. They look so different to the ones of little children. But there is a time and a place to share, and the time and place are most certainly not on the shoulders of an exhausted mom of littles just keeping her head above water and figuring out how to make it to the next day without losing it. If the intention is to give perspective, it\u2019s lost on exhausted moms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5cf739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5cf739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Does parenting get easier?\u00a0 My kids are older now.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d05db9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d05db9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are past the baby and toddler stage, and while I miss aspects of their infancy, I can say for certain that I do not want to go back there. And so to the moms in the thick of it right now I want you to know:<\/p><p>One day mama, you will sleep again. It won\u2019t be the kind of deep sleep you had before you had kids without a worry in the world, but the kids will sleep through the night, and you will get your nights back. You can binge watch Netflix and only have yourself to blame for the exhaustion.<\/p><p>One day mama, they will stop pulling your hair, your boobs, your skin, and your clothes. They\u2019ll stop climbing on you and needing you to physically comfort their every need. Your body will be yours again and it won\u2019t be as physically stressful as it is right now. You will wear clothing that has nothing to do with breastfeeding and the only liquids you\u2019ll get on your clothes will be ones you\u2019ve spilled yourself.<\/p><p>One day mama, you will not have to worry about and make every single tiny decision about what goes in your child\u2019s mouth, it will come more naturally and they\u2019ll be able to communicate what they need more effectively. One day they\u2019ll eat the same food you eat. Feeding your children won\u2019t take as much energy as it does right now.<\/p><p>One day mama, they will play without you. They will play together or alone, but either way, they will learn to do things by themselves and sometimes insist they do it that way. They will be able to do activities without constant supervision. You\u2019ll take trips to the bathroom alone. You will watch them play from afar and you\u2019ll enjoy it, oh how you\u2019ll enjoy it.<\/p><p>One day mama, they will wipe their own bums. They will take themselves to the bathroom, do their business, wipe, flush, and wash their hands. They will likely forget a step or leave the towel on the floor or pee around the toilet bowl, but goodness me you\u2019ll be able to drink your coffee hot while they do it.<\/p><p>One day mama, they will wake up in the morning and entertain themselves. They will. You\u2019ll have to teach them what to do, but they will learn, and honestly&#8230; It\u2019s one of the best things since sliced bread. You\u2019ll lay in your bed knowing they are awake, safe and not needing you from the moment they open their eyes. It is in every way as blissful as it sounds.<\/p><p>One day, mama, this stage will get easier. It will pass. You will make it through, and both you and the kids will be okay.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b25c8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b25c8a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a9eb75\" data-id=\"2a9eb75\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18cf3ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18cf3ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/diaryofanhonestmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Copy-of-WardFamily-JohnandSamanthaPhotoandVideo-106-min-02-min-600x1146.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1257px) 100vw, 1257px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a23f57c\" data-id=\"a23f57c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae45ee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae45ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Motherhood is lonely, but you\u2019re not alone<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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You were a human with needs before these beautiful children came along and you still have those needs. You are being stretched to the bounds of your capacity to give of your time and energy and love. Even though it is hard, you are doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is bittersweet. Yes, you will miss some of the snuggles. Yes, you\u2019ll have moments where you wish you could go back and soak it in with rested eyes. Yes, it will still be hard, but it\u2019ll be a different kind of hard that doesn\u2019t feel like what right now feels like. That\u2019s not what you need to be worrying about in this stage.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, focus on getting through the day, or getting to nap time, or getting to the next hour, because in these trying times, that is something you can do, and every day you are getting better at it. It\u2019s all a part of the journey, one you are most definitely not alone on.<\/p>\n<p>Mama, it does get easier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f93ecfd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f93ecfd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e3ff60\" data-id=\"4e3ff60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80e3a06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80e3a06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">- Libby<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0b8f43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0b8f43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Ps: Let\u2019s reinvent motherhood!<\/em><\/p><p><em>I\u2019m on a mission to change the narrative we tell ourselves and others about what it means to be a good mom and connect with as many incredible mamas along the way. I want you to know that your wellness is just as important as everyone else&#8217;s in your family. Join my Honest Mom\u2019s Circle and subscribe for access to some exclusive perks like early access to my blogs, free printables, discount codes for merch and more.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Just looking for a laugh? 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