Hey guys!
Today I’m doing something a bit different for a couple of reasons. I thought I’d give you a current update on how things are going presently, just so we’re all on the same page with what’s going on in my life. I’ve given myself a challenge too 😂 I’m writing this post at 11 am, giving myself only an hour to finish it! FUN! I’m such a procrastinator, it’s awful. 😞 Here we go!
So, I am currently a mother of a 4-month-old 🥺. Where has the time gone?! I can’t believe it. Everything has just moved so fast. It was this day (16th April 2020!!!) last year that I found out I was pregnant and now here I am with this talkative little human being. His little personality is really starting to shine through, he’s such a chilled and content baby, but he can be so loud and excited. Life honestly be life’ing nowadays.
As I said a couple of blogs back, I’m doing so much better mentally. My hormones have really settled, up feels like up again. I don’t think it’s actually sunk in yet though, being a mum. I still feel like I’m babysitting. I refer to myself as “mama” and obviously so does everyone else but still nothing. Maybe I need to wait until Zi starts calling me. Despite how I feel, I’m still very much doing the normal tasks of a mum! My life feels like it just consists of feeding, changing nappies, bath time, washing and ironing clothes and figuring out what Zi’s wearing for the day lol (that’s probably the most difficult task).
HERE’S OUR VERY LOOSE ROUTINE 📝
At around 8 pm: I change Zion into his pyjamas
He has his last booby for the night, then goes to bed
Around 5/6am: He wakes up for booby
Then he’s back to sleep within 30 mins
Around 8 am: Zion wakes up!
He has his booby
Zi talks for a bit staring at the ceiling
I change his nappy
Around 9 am: We both fall asleep again!
Around 10 am: WAKE UP TIME!
I give him a little more booby
We get his stuff ready for bath time
Around 11 am: Zi has his bath
After he’s dressed, he has more booby & conks out
I take that opportunity to have a wash and tidy up
After that, I just wing it lol.
Super loose routine. Depending on when Zion wakes up, depends on how much I’m able to do. I do put him down and just have him watch me, but that only lasts a limited amount of time before Zi starts to fuss.
(Just a piece of advice for new mums, though routines are very good for both you and baby, don’t feel bad about not immediately getting into one. It takes some time for everything to become normal, so take your time.)
To be completely honest, I wouldn’t consider myself to be “busy” as such but I definitely am mentally busy. I’m finding it so hard to have a schedule and sticking to it. 🙄I always feel like I have so much to do, regardless of what it is that I have to do. So when it comes to me working, I’ve barely put any time into my work, hence why I’m always leaving my blog posts to the last minute! I’ll get the hang of it though, eventually.
Something else that’s been on my mind, we’re coming out of lockdown. Things are opening up. I’ve realised that it hasn’t been too bad not being involved in everyone enjoying life, because we’ve all been locked up. But now! As everyone talks about going out… I just cry lol. If I’m going out now, I have to bring my plus one. That means no Summer parties and definitely no drinking. 😭 If you know me, you know how much I enjoy a cheeky cocktail or two… or three. Not anymore, not for what could be another year. I do need to get into expressing milk more, so I can have my independence back but then I feel so guilty because I know my baby doesn’t want to be drinking from a rubber nipple!
Ahhhhh, I’ll figure it out I guess!
Until the next time,
Signed,
A Young Mum
x
Next blog up, next week!