Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers – I love hearing your feedback and support, thank you! Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. Today’s blog post is all about my take on Motherhood and finding happiness in the tiny moments. Thank you Emma’s Diary for giving me this platform to share my innermost thoughts.
Real happiness comes in tiny moments.
I had the big (COVID) wedding, we had the big engagement and my pregnancy was a dream. But, when I go to bed at night, usually exhausted, it’s the tiny moments from the day that warm my heart.
I think that in parenting, it’s important to remind ourselves of that – because often the big stuff is what people see, and pass judgment on and is what keeps us up at night.
I wanted to share some of my small pockets of happiness in parenthood with you today.
My small moments of happiness as a mum…
Often, our days are jam-packed with things on the to-do list, not to mention the list of jobs for work and housework.
Some of my favourite times in motherhood are when plans go a bit out of the window and it all becomes a chaotic, spontaneous mess. When dinner isn’t cooked in time for my very hungry toddler, so we have to host a kitchen disco with a bubble machine and flashing lights to entertain him. That dancing and jumping around to distract him always has me in fits of laughter.
Going for long walks and arguing with your toddler about directions, routes, and which sticks to put in the pushchair is also a favourite. We often go for walks and have tiny local adventures and it’s in the tiny moments when we’re chatting away together, talking about nonsense, that I think are just pure joy.
It’s the constant multi-tasking involving a tiny toddler that makes me chuckle. Jack loves to “help” me get the washing out of the machine, shake each item, and put it in the tumble dryer. He loves pressing the buttons and pressing “play” to make it go round and round. We do a little washing dance and it’s just a tiny moment in our day that he loves and that always makes me smile.
When Jack is tired or ready for bed and he climbs into my lap for a snuggle, my heart bursts.
If he’s looking for comfort, his hand will climb up and find my earlobe to tickle and stroke. No longer a thumb sucker, he’d prefer to tickle my ear as he sips his bedtime milk or had a little cuddle.
Now that Jack is almost 2, his imagination is absolutely blooming. We play ice cream shop where he asks me what ice cream I want and then says “£2 please” and asks me to pay by card. Swiftly followed by a “beep”. It’s seeing him mirror our simple, everyday life in his games.
When he rides on his tractor and tells me: “Bye-bye Mummy, I’m going to the shop” and drives around the kitchen at a race pace. Then he wheels back to me and gives me a cheeky smile.
The big moments…
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What are your favourite moments of being a parent?
LoveRosiee
xxx
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