Baby Wise arrived March 2022

This blog post was supposed to be a pregnancy announcement. I saved a draft with the title, had the images ready, etc… But it was interrupted.

Kind of like how my life is daily now. This left unfinished ~20 months ago (or I guess 16 if you count from when we started sharing the news) was actually foreshadowing of what was to come.

Interruptions.

Quiet moments short and far between.

But so so so much love.

Mamahood crashed into me while I eased into it. Honestly, I didn’t expect it to happen so fast for us. It’s supposed to take a long time, right? Wrong in our case, and I’m so grateful for that.

Our little dude is 10.5 months at the time of writing this… Probably 11 months at the time of publishing if I’m realistic with my estimations of when I’ll get around to editing and scheduling this post… And it has been a ride.

I know that the images of crashing and ease are juxtaposed, but I feel like that’s the most accurate way to describe my experience so far. It’s been easy in that it feels so natural—like I was meant to be his mom. It feels like he’s actually been here all along.

I think this snippet from my business Instagram page is the best way to explain this side of it…

I wrote about you before you were even a thought. I planned my life so you’d fit easily into it. I dreamed of bringing you everywhere I go. And now we’re here, and it feels like you’ve always been here too.

But his entrance to the world? That was a shitshow that I’m still mentally healing from.

I feel like I’ve adjusted fairly well, all things considering.

I see why now that (at least those who have the flexibility to) so many new moms take a lengthy maternity leave. Because I have a business to run (and I’m still a major bottleneck there), I returned to work after 2 months. It was great to have those 2 months, and arguably my return has been a cool 12-15 hours each week, but even then it’s a challenge some weeks to find those hours.

It’s HARD to do all the things, but I’m doing it.

But recently I realized that I need an outlet of my own outside of my business and my baby—then I remembered my long-neglected fun/passion project that’s been collecting digital dust, so here we are.

Hello, I’m back. 👋 I’m different now and I hope that I’m able to stick with my commitment to showing up here because I know that it will be good for me. And hopefully, by sharing my experiences, it will be good for you too.

So the pregnancy announcement/birth announcement/I have an ALMOST 1 YEAR OLD announcement (my heart).

A recap:

• Pregnancy was the worst, but also pretty seamless. No concerns or real complaints… I’m just not a very happy pregnant lady.
• Baby B was born in March 2022, is total perfection, and we were instantly in love.
• He looks more and more like a toddler every day… Chatting and cruising. He even took his first unassisted steps a couple of weeks ago!

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Interrupted again, but so grateful for it. Finishing up this post just after his 1st birthday and just as much in love as ever.

Until next time.

Edited to add: He’s now nearly 14 months at the time of publishing. Time really really does fly. Just like they say.