“You don’t have to enjoy every minute. Nobody, I mean nobody, not even Mary the Virgin Mother, enjoyed every minute.”
New moms are often on the receiving end of a lot of advice—both solicited and not. And while a lot of it can be helpful, sometimes we find ourselves wishing the other person would have just kept quiet. Like when well-meaning strangers tell a brand-new mom who hasn’t slept more than two consecutive hours in days and is cleaning up her newborn’s blowout that “this too shall pass.” Sure, itLeave it to our tried-and-true truth-teller, Mom on the Run blogger Laura Mazza, to tell it like it is.
“It’s okay to think, well f*ck me, this wasn’t what I expected,” Mazza writes. “I just went through a massive hormonal outburst and felt like I was 14 again. Fanny daggers, crazy heartburn and was told after pushing out a rockmelon and being peeled like a can of tuna that I am meant to be as happy as a beauty pageant contestant. No. It’s okay to swear right now. It’s okay to be sad/disappointed/angry that the heavens didn’t open up. They don’t for a lot of people. ...
In fact, she adds, keeping your frustrations, disappointments, fears and all the other emotions you’re working through in those early days bottled up can actually backfire by making you feel more isolated. The truth is, lots of parents have been where you are. “You don’t have to enjoy every minute,” says Mazza. “Nobody, I mean nobody, not even Mary the Virgin Mother, enjoyed every minute. Imagine paying for swimming lessons and all your kid does is walk on water.”“This too shall pass,” she concludes. “But only because you are strong enough to go through anything and we all believe in you.”
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