Baby Boy Is Thriving And It's All So Good ⧸⧸ Motherhood Update #3
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Summary
In this episode, I give you a quick update on how my son is doing 4 months into motherhood. I talk about the ups and downs of being a new mom and how I m trying to navigate through it all.
Transcript
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Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's video where I'm going to be doing a four-month motherhood update.
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I was realizing as I watched this video that I was pretty sweaty when I recorded this,
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but it's still relevant because I still want to have the thoughts recorded for myself that I had during this four-month update.
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So I'm going to post it, but I was pretty sweaty. Just ignore it.
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I'm pretty sure it was just that the AC wasn't cranked up, so there you go.
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Now, if you've been following along for a little while, I have been doing motherhood updates
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just to give you kind of a heads up on what my motherhood journey has been like,
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because I know that people like to do kind of pregnancy updates,
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but motherhood is its own journey too, and I'm really enjoying sharing with you guys this whole experience.
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I also look forward to being able to look back on this when I'm older and when my kids are grown
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and seeing kind of what my experience was as a mom.
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So, my baby is four and a half months, and guys, motherhood has just like up, and it's just so good.
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Like, it just has gotten better and better and better and better.
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Initially, I had a really hard time because he had really bad reflux,
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and it was really scary because he just wasn't gaining weight well,
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and I had to hold him up all the time, and I couldn't really ever put him down.
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So, now, having gotten through that stage, things are fantastic.
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Guys, I love being a mom, and I really think that women have been sold the short end of the stick
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when it comes to motherhood because they've been told that they can't
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or that they'd be bad at it or that it's too much or that it's too scary.
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Guys, motherhood is just, it's the only thing that I've ever done
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that I can say with complete certainty is the most important thing I could do.
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So, anyways, so outside of all that, Mr. Baby is doing so well.
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Now, he's at 27%, so he's gaining weight super quickly, super well.
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He is advanced because he's got really good head control,
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and he's already figured out how to turn from back to front and from front to back.
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Honestly, I think this boy is going to crawl really soon.
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He also outgrew his size 2 diapers, which was emotional for this mama.
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I was, like, not prepared to put him in the size 3 yet, and that's what it is.
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And one of the things that I've really realized is how much you just have to embrace the slow living
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And I think that that has been a really wonderful lesson for me,
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and I think that's something that can get in the way of enjoying motherhood
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if you're somebody who's really stressed out about getting everything done at all times on your schedule.
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I've realized that some days things aren't going to get done, and that's okay,
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and other days it's going to get done right on my schedule just as I want it.
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But just being okay with the flexibility and enjoying that.
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Life is so short that if you don't take the time to really just accept that things are not going to always go your way,
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you're just going to constantly be battling with reality.
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And I accept that, you know, there are some days that I'm not going to get what I want done,
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And I get to enjoy the process a little bit more.
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Okay, now that I've calmed down and have expressed my excitement about being a mom,
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just motherhood is, it is the best way to become a round, full person.
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I think when you become a mom, you are able to understand the world and life in such a better way,
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as opposed to before that, things are really like, it's silly before you become a mom.
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Like, you don't recognize what life is all about,
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and so you take things too seriously that don't really matter,
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Being a mom gives you perspective, and I'm so grateful for that.
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So I'd love to know your thoughts in the comments.
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If you're a mom, how things are going for you, just share below.
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And if you're not a mom, I'd love to hear your thoughts too.
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Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you guys in my next video.