HeyJared3AM
A mother's middle of the night musings. navigating postpartum, matrescence and journeying to a simpler life & motherhood
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I’m afraid to leave the ‘summer mom’ in me behind (opens the original)
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I am afraid to leave the summer mom in me behind.Summer mom in me is fun, she’s go-with-the-flow, lighthearted, and thrives in the warm sun. My freckles expand, and so does my patience.I am a better mom in higher temperatures, when my feet can touch the grass, the sand, when my hair can be submerged in a body of water and not washed for days, just drenched in the salt of the sea or the calmness of the lake, waiting to become wet again.I am completely embodied as a mother in the summer. I feel th
‘duvet days’ and thoughts from a sleep deprived mom (opens the original)
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how this newsletter finds you I have decided to share this at the start of my newsletters. Because the reality is, my writing mostly happens in fractions. Lots of whole formed newsletters come to me, then meet the keyboard or my notes in fractional pieces, and then arrive here, where I try to form the thoughts one interrupted moment at a time. I always am curious how other moms who write so frequently, or so eloquently have the time, or make the time. So here’s my reality. I have 89 drafts right
postpartum summer: when mothering feels hard, add water. (opens the original)
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When mothering feels hard, add water.Some of the best advice I’ve received in regards to being a mother is that the recipe in the overwhelming moments is to just add water. This can mean for you, or your babies or children.On a weekly basis, I turn to this. The most common is a mid-day bath for my daughter if she is feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated. Some magnesium, a few bubbles, dim lights. This also shows up as a big glass of water with some salt added to remineralise, a splash of cold wa
How I Really Feel About My Postpartum Body After Baby Number Two (opens the original)
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I’m 4 months postpartum. If I’m being honest, I am struggling with my body in a way I didn’t expect.With my firstborn, I think there were many factors that didn’t take such an intense toll on my mentality around my body leading up to and after my daughter was born.I was 29 for one more week when I found out I was pregnant with my daughter. I was very sick during that pregnancy. I wasn’t indulging in all the pregnancy cravings and certainly wasn’t keeping much down. I was also a Director for a we
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