Even the most well-prepared new mothers will tell you there were parts of motherhood they were not expecting.
TV personality Lauren Brant is no different. The first time mum to one-month-old Miller shared on Instagram on Monday that there was one big thing she got wrong about motherhood – but she was all too happy to be pleasantly surprised.
“When I was young I always used to think that being a parent was such an adult thing, because it is such a huge responsibility to look after and raise a human being so surely that meant you had to be serious all the time?!,” she wrote.
“Nope.”
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Very, very sick of new Mums of 1 posting their advice like the whole process somehow managed to make them an expert worthy of listening to. I would MUCH rather hear from a Mum of multiple children who managed to raise them all into adulthood whereby the children are now hardworking, honest, successful law abiding citizens.
I'm about to have my first baby, and I like seeing these little snippets of advice. The majority is obvious rubbish that I immediately forget about - but there may be one little nugget that I end up finding helpful.
Where's the harm in them sharing their own experience?
Wow, I didn't realize she was posting advice. I thought she was just sharing her experience of becoming a new mum. She's happy. It's a wonderful, new experience for her. No doubt she'll have many more new experiences that will redefine parenthood for her. I'm sick of people overly criticising new parents as if their new experience isn't valid. It is valid. FYI some of us are only able to have one child for whatever reason. I'm sick of families of one child being compared to families of multiple children as if we're somehow lacking. There are unique challenges for both types of families and everyone's experience, though different is equally valid.