Sorry it’s been a minute..
My plan for this blog was to continue with once-a-week blurbs of me rambling my feelings to nothingness and anyone who happened to stumble upon this site. However, my last post was in April, about 6 weeks into my post-partum adventure. They don’t lie when they say that kids will consume your life! HAHA!
My daughter just turned 5 months old, I’ve been back to work for 2 months now, and life has just continued to get busier. Between the baby, work, our three dogs, making time for my fiancé, and on top of that, we have decided we’d like to try to move, life has been very busy.
And let’s not forget that this blog is called “Naptime Diaries” which is supposed to be the time I am allowed a break in the chaos to write all these thoughts down for you all imaginary readers. However, my child only takes 30 minute naps, so that time is often filled with showers or cleaning or laundry. Something that isn’t this. Something that isn’t for me.
But I want to be better. I like having the outlet I do here to use as a sort of online diary. Before having my daughter, I would see lots of people my age that I went to school with or knew growing up, and they would be having children of their own. I noticed it, but I didn’t really. Now that I have one of my own, I feel like I am really in that era of being a mom and I notice those around me more that are also moms. And this blog is supposed to be a way for me to ramble out my relatable topics of motherhood.
The first 5 months have been filled with lots of fun and happy moments, but there have also been plenty of times that I have struggled with small things. Like the first few weeks back to work. Or transitioning into others watching her. Or even doing what I can to make sure my fiancé and I keep our relationship a priority.
I was already great at time management before becoming a mom, but I feel like having a little one has required me to learn to juggle things a bit differently. And now certain things, like being on time or ensuring I am available often don’t seem as important. Being with my daughter and being with my family are the things I find joy in.
I am also not one to ever think I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. I still don’t want that. But going back to work was hard for me, and I still find myself struggling with being there some days. I’ll get into that more in its own post because there is a lot to be said there.
I guess what I am trying to say here is that being a mom is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I truly feel like I am finally who I have always been waiting to be. But that doesn’t mean that I haven’t had my moments either. And that’s okay.
But my 30 minutes are up. Kj is awake. Right on the dot, per usual for her lol! Be on the look out for more from me, because I will be back. I honestly love it here, writing about things I know or am experiencing. Whether others are reading it or not.
*Emma
