Being grateful every day is one way that helps me get through the days while being a full time stay at home mom. Other ways that help me get through my day include praying, writing, mom support tribe, and exercise/fresh air. I myself would like to express how important these little things mean to me in addition to helping me stay sane while enjoying these days mostly at home.

I can’t believe the time is near, You’ve nearly been on Earth a year. Your first birthday has come at last, The nights really were long but the year so fast. I look back at what I’ve learnt so far, My first year of motherhood, my first as Mama.

I live in the UK and mental health isn’t spoken about enough over here in my opinion. There seems to be a certain stigma around it and a feeling of embarrassment if you have any form of mental illness.

For me, the hardest part of being a Mum is the self-flagellation we constantly do, we as Mums are constantly beating ourselves up. I hear so many people on Mum’s groups, at work and with friends talking about “Is it bad that I did this, or that” or even “Is it bad that I felt like this…” How we feel, should always be ok. 

Life changes from the moment you find out that there is a tiny life growing inside you. For many expectant moms or moms with kids already, it is a joyous experience with a build-up of excitement but for other moms…it’s a scary experience.

Strangers strike up conversations with you in the street, your work colleagues regularly touch your bump, and everyone wants to share their very own birthing stories with you. It seems that everyone has a little piece of advice for when baby arrives but what they don’t tell you is about ‘the fear’…

I always knew I would be a mother. I had no doubt in my mind that that’s what my future would hold, as cliche as it sounds I was born to be a mum. And not to sound too conceited but I knew I would be good at it.

I am a new mom with a little man that is 5 months now. Learning the life and routine of a stay at home mom. The morning starts with feeding baby then pumping, washing pumping equipment, changing diapers, trying to eat while baby is doing floor time or when he is sleeping.