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[Editor's Note: I remember -- vaguely, hazily -- after our second son was born, I struggled to find the time to be the best mom I could be and take care of myself. Other moms have shared similar things with me. Talina at Harvest of Daily Life is going through that right now. She recently shared her struggles but also calls out a reminder to moms that we don't have to be everything to our kids, all the time. -Jenna]
Mommy Is a Person Too:
Since Adalyn has arrived I’ve been struggling with balancing the needs of both my kiddos while also taking care of myself. Actually, if we are going to be honest, I was beginning to struggle with it while pregnant.
Somewhere along the way I got the wrong idea about motherhood and it has left me exhausted, resentful, resented and sometimes just plain miserable. Mothers can’t always do all, all the time… Yet we surely try don’t we?
I am majorly guilty of this. For the past year and a half I’ve been available to my child’s every whim, day and night, with love & despite it all. Now that I’ve got two kids the with love part has been replaced by frantic, sleep deprived, sometimes grouchy & hormonal me while I try to mother my nest of two the way I did my nest of one. I’ve realized I cannot possibly stretch myself and my time any thinner and I’ve been feeling like a failure because of this.
Photo Credit: jonboy_mitchell.
