Being a mum has made me want to delete social media.
I have never been bothered by social media previously, I’m pretty comfortable and generally happy in myself and with my life. But, things just hit differently when it comes to motherhood.
To put it bluntly:
- I rarely kept active or ate particularly well in pregnancy because I was so sick and in pain 24/7 so basically spent 9 months in survival mode.
- I chose to formula feed for my mental health, didn’t even question my decision.
- I did controlled crying as a form of sleep training because the 4 month regression hit HARD and was so sleep deprived I could barely function, and co-sleeping isn’t something I’d personally be comfortable with.
- I buy shop bought baby food for my baby, because well, it’s easier, and balanced.
- I plan on my daughter being an only child because I just think I’d personally be a better mum to one than having to split my time over 2 as well as trying to balance some kind of independence too (hats off to the mums who can have multiples and do this! I am in awe!)
What I have now is a happy, healthy, content 9 month old. For some reason my SM feed is just full of mums unintentionally (hopefully) making me feel like I’m a lazy, cruel or just a bad mum. Does anybody else feel this or does my algorithm just hate me? Haha. Feel free to message if anyone feels the same.
No one can parent your child better than yourself tbh I've slowly stopped using social myself I just ant be asked with it haha