The first few months of motherhood are especially challenging. Sleep deprivation and trying to translate baby’s cries while somehow getting everything else done is not easy.
Surviving early parenthood requires much support from family and friends, especially at the end of the day when both baby and mom are ready to have a melt down.
With my first son, I had two months of maternity leave before returning to work, full-time. Every morning, I would shower and get myself ready, eat breakfast, wake up the baby to feed and dress him, pack my lunch, grab the breast pump (in its convenient backpack) and change the baby’s diaper once again before heading out the door for work. By noon, I had already fed the baby three times, pumped twice and daydreamed about finally hitting the pillow at the end of the night.
My inspiration
Working from home brings on a set of entirely different challenges. While I don’t have to shower or put make-up on for this job, it does require quiet time when I can sit and write without interruption. We all know how that goes with an infant to tend to.
I was asked, recently, to share some advice for working moms in regards to returning to work after having a baby. I laughed at that request, since I could certainly use some tips myself on balancing a work-at-home career while taking care of a baby.
If you have any tips or suggestions, please share them!
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Peace Begins in the Home
Posted by Kristina - Pillows.org on March 19, 2011 at 11:54 pm
You are a wonder mom!!! Not everyone can deal with post delivery and career in such effeciency. Do tell us more. Like aren’t there glitches at time?
Posted by hipm0m on March 20, 2011 at 12:25 pm
OMG! I am definitely not superwoman and I hope I didn’t come off as sounding arrogant with what I somehow managed to accomplish when my first son was born.
My blog is about sharing the positive, spreading encouragement, providing inspiration otherwise I would’ve shared the fact that at no point was I feeling very successful with my career or my role as mom (with my first son).
I ended up divorced by age 30 and not able to feel like much of a success until after spending a few years in therapy and working hard to get to the place where I am now and yet I know I’m still not everything I would like to be. I hope to always strive to do and be better otherwise, what’s the point?