Something that I have noticed a lot of new parents doing is complaining about "bad days". The baby doesn't sleep through the night; it's a bad day. Mom didn't have any time to get anything done during the day; it's a bad day. Baby had a huge blow out and mom had to change diaper and outfit for what feels like the millionth time that day; it's a bad day.
I suffer from anxiety on a regular basis, so I knew that adding a newborn to the mix wasn't going to the easiest thing I have ever done. Early on I made a point of focusing on the moments and not the days. My days are now made up of a bunch of moments that are hard, special, firsts, heartwarming, tear filled, heart bursting, challenging ... they range from good to bad, and can change in a second.
If I concentrated on bad whole days, I would be a mess so breaking them down into bite size moments is much more manageable - and I am able to focus on the good ones and get past the bad moments pretty quickly.
Remember moms and dads - the days are made of many, MANY moments so you can only have so many bad moments in a day (no sleep, getting nothing done, messy diapers) before you get some good ones!
You are so right Jaclyn it's so much better when you look at the moments in the day, this is definitely a great share for new moms especially.
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Thinking this way saved my sanity in the first 10 weeks. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
DeleteI've never thought about it this way! Makes the hard things easier to swallow I guess!
ReplyDeleteThinking this way saved my sanity in the first 10 weeks. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
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