You Know What's Good...finding time to actually blog about it!

So it's been a while. That seems to be the theme of many of my blogs since motherhood. But here we go again! This time, I'm using my blog to keep me accountable for trying new things and taking care of ME. In early motherhood, we often loose ourselves somewhat as we learn to balance our new normal and our life before. It is something I never understood until it happened to me. Your free-time shrinks significantly, and that is okay. I found for me though, I still need to find time to carve out for myself. It really does make me a better mom because it makes me happy. And when mom is happy, so is my daughter. It's a hard concept to grasp sometimes. We have this idea in our head that being a 'good' mom means being dedicated to your child or children every single moment of every single day. That is what I used to think being a good mom was, and I was guilty of judging myself for not doing this early on. What I discovered is that it's okay to take moments for myself and in doing so, I enrich my soul. I have more patience, more understanding and more love to share with my daughter. I am teaching her that taking care of yourself and valuing yourself is important. While at 11 months she doesn't fully understand this, I am planting a seed. I have also found it strengthens her relationship with her father. She benefits with quality time for both of us. There are moments when guilt tugs at me, when she doesn't want me to leave to go do something. I remind myself that this is special time for my husband. I also remind myself that it is important for me, that I am worth it.