Newness-Tiny Toes
Characterized by "I need mommy for everything", Brand new adventures, and a highly exhausted mommy.
This is the first stages of motherhood. It starts with the awareness of pregnancy.
Do you remember the first time you found out? What was your initial reaction? Some may have been elated and others a bit surprised, but not matter your emotions, your mind said, "Life is about to Change?" Right?
I know I did... change is good and change is normal; this change however is the biggest I've ever gone through...
This is the first stages of motherhood. It starts with the awareness of pregnancy.
Do you remember the first time you found out? What was your initial reaction? Some may have been elated and others a bit surprised, but not matter your emotions, your mind said, "Life is about to Change?" Right?
I know I did... change is good and change is normal; this change however is the biggest I've ever gone through...
My thoughts on this season of life...
When you think of spring thoughts of new birth come to mind. Leaves start to bud on the trees, flowers start to poke through the dirt, and life just has a sense of livliness and vitality. As a birth mom this is the first stage we enter in. I see this as having newborns through the preschool years. Holding our newborn in our arms we have sprung into a new world of life.
This season is full of motion: constant motion. It’s a time that moms rarely get to sit and have a cup of tea, or get a moment to themselves. The baby keeps her awake and leaves her sleep deprived. The toddler stage offers constant demands of dishes, diapers, and don’t make for a journey that is less than surreal. Your time is consumed trying to get all your duties done around the house, for your husband, and your children. I remember just after having my first baby how overwhelmed I felt at times. I remember laying in my bed nursing my baby when my husband crawled up next to me seeking my attention. I cried with disappointment. How can I do everything? Please this baby, please my husband, and still have a sane mind?
Just as seasons don’t just spring on out of now where, there are periods of transitions and adjustments. I believe mom’s need not be so hard on yourself especially at the start of motherhood. Whether you are a step mom for the first time or just adopted a baby or you are a birth mom, you need a period of grace to “get in the swing” of things. I always tell my pregnant friends give yourself at least 3-4 months to adapt to your baby.
Soon the flow will come and off you go back to running errands and being busy again.
When you think of spring thoughts of new birth come to mind. Leaves start to bud on the trees, flowers start to poke through the dirt, and life just has a sense of livliness and vitality. As a birth mom this is the first stage we enter in. I see this as having newborns through the preschool years. Holding our newborn in our arms we have sprung into a new world of life.
This season is full of motion: constant motion. It’s a time that moms rarely get to sit and have a cup of tea, or get a moment to themselves. The baby keeps her awake and leaves her sleep deprived. The toddler stage offers constant demands of dishes, diapers, and don’t make for a journey that is less than surreal. Your time is consumed trying to get all your duties done around the house, for your husband, and your children. I remember just after having my first baby how overwhelmed I felt at times. I remember laying in my bed nursing my baby when my husband crawled up next to me seeking my attention. I cried with disappointment. How can I do everything? Please this baby, please my husband, and still have a sane mind?
Just as seasons don’t just spring on out of now where, there are periods of transitions and adjustments. I believe mom’s need not be so hard on yourself especially at the start of motherhood. Whether you are a step mom for the first time or just adopted a baby or you are a birth mom, you need a period of grace to “get in the swing” of things. I always tell my pregnant friends give yourself at least 3-4 months to adapt to your baby.
Soon the flow will come and off you go back to running errands and being busy again.
