Holding Space for all the Feelings of a SAHM
Motherhood is nothing but a bag of paradoxes, especially of feelings, especially when you're a full-time stay-at-home-mom (SAHM). I struggled with it for a while but am coming to accept that I have to make space to accept all of my feelings simultaneously. As I wrote about in a previous post , parenting provides constant emotional whiplashes. So, for future reference and current curiosity, I wanted to write down the giant bag of feelings/thoughts I experience on any given day/hour/minute... Resentful - that my husband is much more free to be away from the kids than I am, even though logically I am the one who chose to exclusively breastfeed and be a stay-at-home-mom. (see my last post ). I can't be away from the baby for more than 2 hours but I'm counting down til when he'll be weaned so I can take an extended break. I breastfed my firstborn til she was 18 months so I have about 10 more months to go if we last that long... Humbled - Just when I think I've figure...