The other day I experienced a first: I wrote an email to a podcast, and they actually read it on an episode! The email, pasted below, was to a podcast called Oversharing, which is an advice/therapy/relationship show. They have a segment called “Triggered,” where listeners write in with a situation that got to them and… Continue reading That Time I Wrote Into a Podcast About a Mean Dad at Daycare Dropoff
Linnea is five and a half months old and today is her first day of daycare (insert crying-face emoji … not laughing-crying-face emoji, just straight-up crying). I feel sad and guilty and confused and scared and SAD a second time. Overall, my state of mind is completely different from how I felt when Miles started… Continue reading Today Is My Baby’s First Day of Daycare & Maybe I’m Not Totally Ready
How does a mom get over the fear and anxiety that comes with having a kid? Or I guess I should rephrase: How does a mom reduce the fear and anxiety that comes with having a kid? I realize it’s not realistic for it to go away. I don’t think I necessarily have an outsized… Continue reading Am I Going To Feel Mom Anxiety Every Day For the Rest of My Life?
I had an inappropriate thought this morning. While I was chatting with Miles’ daycare teacher during dropoff, Miles was doing the whole clinging to my sleeve and whimpering thing. She mentioned that he “seems to be adjusting fine — he’s struggling a bit with naptime, but that’s normal; he’s pretty much just like all the… Continue reading Is My Kid … Average?
When I was pregnant with Miles, my anxious personality led me to constantly wonder whether the baby was okay in there. Before I could regularly feel him kicking and somersaulting — and honestly, even sometimes after that milestone — I would wonder: How do I know he’s alive? My doctor told me some people use… Continue reading My Kid’s Daycare Has a Livestream & It’s Giving Me Anxiety
Does anyone else feel guilty about not feeling guilty? I first noticed the phenomenon when I stopped breastfeeding (or, rather, stopped pumping 117 times a day to produce enough breast milk to bottle feed my little won’t-latch-on baby boy) after four months. Mommy culture had led me to believe that breast is best, that I… Continue reading It’s My Son’s First Week of Daycare, and I Feel Guilty About Not Feeling Guilty
