{"id":15617,"date":"2019-09-29T23:23:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T22:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/?p=15617"},"modified":"2019-09-30T21:15:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:15:44","slug":"since-becoming-a-mum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2019\/09\/since-becoming-a-mum","title":{"rendered":"Since becoming a mum.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/category\/pregnancy\">baby-related post<\/a> from me today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, there are a bunch of posts coming next week on a variety of topics. I have some particularly exciting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/category\/behind-the-biz\">Behind the Biz interviews<\/a> to share with you too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I want to talk about the things I&#8217;ve noticed about myself since becoming a new mum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not secret that I adore being a mum. I can&#8217;t imagine life without my baby boy. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, there are hard days and the nights can be long but it&#8217;s all so worth it. I&#8217;m blissfuly happy with where my life is right now and it feels really good to be able to say that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t quite believe it but I&#8217;m already 6 months into motherhood. Where has the time gone? The months have gone by way too fast, X is growing and changing each day and yet the journey is only just beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m excited for everything that is ahead of us but I&#8217;m trying very hard to live in the moment and enjoy each day as it comes. I look back at photos of X as a newborn most days. The amount he has changed in such a small space of time is mind-blowing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2019\/09\/my-birth-story-emergency-c-section-with-ga\">my birth story,<\/a> It was very therapeutic for me to write and I know I&#8217;ll enjoy reading back on it. I plan to share lots of posts about motherhood here on PGT as well as sharing favourite baby products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I&#8217;m sharing a post that I&#8217;ve been adding to over the last few months. It&#8217;s a list of things that I&#8217;ve noticed about myself since becoming a mum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy-1024x1279.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy-1024x1279.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy-370x462.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy-570x712.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy-770x962.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy-1170x1462.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy-464x580.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/prettygreentea-x-daisy.jpg 1740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Since becoming a mum&#8230;..<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have become more patient in all aspects of my life. It&#8217;s about time too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I notice the little things so much more than before. X loves shadows and light patterns so I find myself taking the time to appreciate them too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I refer to myself in the third person (<em>Mummy&#8217;s going to put you into your snowsuit on and then we&#8217;re going for a walk)<\/em> and narrate almost everything I do. Apparently it&#8217;s good to talk to your baby as much as you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I always follow my gut instinct. It&#8217;s true what they say about a mother&#8217;s intuition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sing every day. For some reason I only seem to know Christmas songs, everything else I have to Google. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I listen to music each morning. I switch up the genres of music we listen to each day and find myself discovering new music all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I say everything twice. You know, just so he can hear the words and because sometimes I&#8217;m so tired that my narration skills are a little lax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I talk about poop most days. What was the colour? What about the consistency? When did he last poop? When you find yourself thinking that there hasn&#8217;t been a poop all day you&#8217;ll most likely be met with a poop explosion minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fall asleep when my head hits the pillow. This is fantastic. I used to sit in bed all night over-thinking and now there just isn&#8217;t any time. I&#8217;m super tired when I get into bed and I fall straight to sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another baby-related post from me today. Don&#8217;t worry, there are a bunch of posts coming next week on a variety of topics. 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