Feeling lost ☁️

I have a one year old and sometimes I get the same feeling I think it is completely natural to get lost in just being a mum and forgetting your still a person away from being mum xx

@Rebecca being a mum is the best job ever but I never expected to lose my who self… I couldn’t even tell you what hobbies I have or what my favourite song is anymore 🥲

Honestly, I know this feeling so well .. I get so wrapped up in making sure my baby’s needs are met that I don’t really ever think about mine. I’ve made myself a list of all the things the old me used to love doing such as reading a book, having a bath, going for a walk, going to the gym .. doing my skincare etc .. and every day I make sure I do at least 2 of those things .. my happiness comes from seeing my boy smiley and growing well and I would never change that, but I really need to make sure I remain who I am in the process and enjoy my life too x

I dont think this stopped for me until my daughter was 2! Then it felt like i came out of a room where id been sitting in the pitch black and saw the light again

@Amanda this is an amazing idea! Defo gunna try this out, it really is a case of trying to remember who we were. Thank you for sharing xx

@Charlie 🥺 it so surreal how much you FEEL things when you’re a mum. Like emotions, feelings and events just hit so much harder now it’s crazy

you are definitely not alone, I feel like my resilience and strength has disappeared, we can love our little ones but the hardness etc I definitely underestimated it's harder than I ever imagined and sometimes difficult to see an end, I am looking forward to doing more me things x

@Karla definitely, we get a whole knew person develop when we’re mothers! But definitely hoping to find me again x

I’ve been feeling this. Baby is my world and I love her wholeheartedly but at the same time, I feel like I’m right on the edge and might fall into a dark pit. Once I think I’m in a good routine, baby throws us a curveball and all the nerves and stress skyrockets again. 😵‍💫

@Ling~Ling it’s such a contradicting time isn’t it… sending you best wishes xx

@Lucie I think it’s all a big dose of hormones, sleep deprivation, a massive change in life all coming at once at full force without a single break. It’s going to be hard, I just didn’t realise how hard. Mommas are truly strong. 💪🏻

I understand that too. I think I felt it more with my first because I was so concentrated on motherhood. I feel like I am doing a little better retaining some of myself with my second. When you already have to split your attention between 2, you realize you can take some space for you too. But I started to feel a bit more like me I think after a year or so when they become a hair more independent.