Classically Abby - August 23, 2022


Baby Boy Is Thriving And It's All So Good ⧸⧸ Motherhood Update #3


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5 minutes

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179.35878

Word count

979

Sentence count

64

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Misogyny

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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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00:00:00.000 Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's video where I'm going to be doing a four-month motherhood update.
00:00:11.020 Quick interruption by editing Abby.
00:00:14.440 I was realizing as I watched this video that I was pretty sweaty when I recorded this,
00:00:19.200 but it's still relevant because I still want to have the thoughts recorded for myself that I had during this four-month update.
00:00:26.840 So I'm going to post it, but I was pretty sweaty. Just ignore it.
00:00:30.940 I'm pretty sure it was just that the AC wasn't cranked up, so there you go.
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00:00:50.060 Now, if you've been following along for a little while, I have been doing motherhood updates
00:00:54.500 just to give you kind of a heads up on what my motherhood journey has been like,
00:00:58.300 because I know that people like to do kind of pregnancy updates,
00:01:02.320 but motherhood is its own journey too, and I'm really enjoying sharing with you guys this whole experience.
00:01:08.960 I also look forward to being able to look back on this when I'm older and when my kids are grown
00:01:14.780 and seeing kind of what my experience was as a mom.
00:01:18.260 So, let's just hop into it.
00:01:21.600 So, my baby is four and a half months, and guys, motherhood has just like up, and it's just so good.
00:01:31.160 Like, it just has gotten better and better and better and better.
00:01:35.320 Initially, I had a really hard time because he had really bad reflux,
00:01:39.640 and it was really scary because he just wasn't gaining weight well,
00:01:42.420 and I had to hold him up all the time, and I couldn't really ever put him down.
00:01:46.920 It was just really hard.
00:01:47.940 So, now, having gotten through that stage, things are fantastic.
00:01:53.720 Guys, I love being a mom, and I really think that women have been sold the short end of the stick 0.62
00:01:58.920 when it comes to motherhood because they've been told that they can't
00:02:02.760 or that they'd be bad at it or that it's too much or that it's too scary.
00:02:06.660 Guys, motherhood is just, it's the only thing that I've ever done
00:02:11.660 that I can say with complete certainty is the most important thing I could do.
00:02:18.020 I am so, it's so good.
00:02:21.340 So, anyways, so outside of all that, Mr. Baby is doing so well.
00:02:28.060 He had his four-month checkup.
00:02:29.560 He is thriving.
00:02:30.880 He went up on the growth scale.
00:02:33.200 Like, he was at 12%.
00:02:34.440 Now, he's at 27%, so he's gaining weight super quickly, super well.
00:02:39.340 He's tall.
00:02:40.520 He's got a big head, and he's doing so great.
00:02:45.300 He is advanced because he's got really good head control,
00:02:48.580 and he's already figured out how to turn from back to front and from front to back.
00:02:52.160 Honestly, I think this boy is going to crawl really soon.
00:02:55.440 He also outgrew his size 2 diapers, which was emotional for this mama.
00:03:00.120 I was, like, not prepared to put him in the size 3 yet, and that's what it is.
00:03:05.100 He's in the size 3.
00:03:06.300 So, okay.
00:03:07.740 He's getting bigger and bigger.
00:03:09.640 He also laughs all the time.
00:03:11.620 He's got the best laugh.
00:03:13.440 He's got the best laugh and the biggest smile.
00:03:15.620 It's so fun.
00:03:16.880 And one of the things that I've really realized is how much you just have to embrace the slow living
00:03:21.920 when you become a parent.
00:03:22.900 Like, you just have to be okay with it.
00:03:24.900 And I think that that has been a really wonderful lesson for me,
00:03:28.640 and I think that's something that can get in the way of enjoying motherhood 1.00
00:03:31.920 if you're somebody who's really stressed out about getting everything done at all times on your schedule.
00:03:38.600 I've realized that some days things aren't going to get done, and that's okay,
00:03:42.280 and other days it's going to get done right on my schedule just as I want it.
00:03:46.440 But just being okay with the flexibility and enjoying that.
00:03:50.260 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,
00:03:58.400 you're just going to constantly be battling with reality.
00:04:02.160 And I accept that, you know, there are some days that I'm not going to get what I want done,
00:04:05.860 what I want to get done, and that's okay.
00:04:07.280 And I get to enjoy the process a little bit more.
00:04:11.020 Okay, now that I've calmed down and have expressed my excitement about being a mom,
00:04:17.420 just motherhood is, it is the best way to become a round, full person. 1.00
00:04:27.020 I think when you become a mom, you are able to understand the world and life in such a better way,
00:04:35.440 as opposed to before that, things are really like, it's silly before you become a mom.
00:04:41.580 Like, you don't recognize what life is all about,
00:04:44.940 and so you take things too seriously that don't really matter,
00:04:49.200 and you don't have perspective.
00:04:52.460 Being a mom gives you perspective, and I'm so grateful for that.
00:04:57.420 I don't know, guys.
00:04:58.960 It's good. It's really good.
00:05:01.600 So I'd love to know your thoughts in the comments.
00:05:04.020 If you're a mom, how things are going for you, just share below.
00:05:08.640 And if you're not a mom, I'd love to hear your thoughts too.
00:05:11.560 Thank you so much for watching.
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00:05:20.140 Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you guys in my next video.
00:05:23.840 Bye!
00:05:27.020 Bye!