How do you remember what it feels like to be "you" and not just "mom"?

  • Thursday, October 14, 2010 1:54 PM
    Message # 444083
    Debbi (Administrator)
    I sometimes battle to remember what it felt like to be me and not just a mom. Between corporate me, wife and mommy, I feel that I hardly have time anymore to just do what *I* want to do. Don't get me wrong, I love being a mom but am I selfish in wanting to just get away some times?!
  • Thursday, October 14, 2010 4:27 PM
    Reply # 444164 on 444083
    I'm sooo glad you posted this - I'v been drafting a post to help women
    get back to the *I* you mention because I hear this so often with my coaching clients.
    I don't think it's at all selfish, in fact it's incredibly important to tend to this as soon as possible.  Otherwise, resentment builds and gets ugly.

    It's like the airplane analogy - mom HAS to put the mask on herself first before her children otherwise you can't help anyone else.  Same principle applies to life, everything seems to fall into place beautifully when we look after our needs first and no one else can do this for us.

    I see it as a kind of creative lock up and the further we get from ourselves, the harder is to get back.  I have several ingredients that I've put together over time and research that work as a creative recipe for me, activities, books, exercises, that bring me back to what life should feel like, playful and in wonderment....

    I'll be sharing those ingredients in the post I'm drafting which may or may not work for anyone.  The point being that we all take the time to find what works for us and then be adamant about using the ingredients.

    Congratulations to you for recognizing what's happening.  Not everyone is that aware.

    anne marie

  • Thursday, October 14, 2010 4:46 PM
    Reply # 444180 on 444083
    Debbi (Administrator)
    Thanks Anne Marie.

    This hit me one morning when I was dropping off Zoey at daycare. One of the other toddlers came over to give me a toy and I almost said, "Thank you sweetie, are you sharing with Mommy?"

    I was thinking how scary it is that I now think of myself as "Mommy". Even at home when talking to my husband, I refer to myself as "Mommy" even when it's just the two of us! Hopefully I don't slip up and call myself "Mommy" at work one day!!!!

  • Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:47 PM
    Reply # 444314 on 444083

    i've been thinking a lot about this too lately.  it seems my girls are attached to my hip/leg while my husband is asking 'what's for dinner'?!  that resentment is really starting to build for me.

    i tried to really think of the hobbies and interests that i delved into before being a mom.  one of them is cooking/baking and i've been looking around for a cooking class or cake decorating class.  another is going to they gym...that takes more committment though.  i have to admit that indulging in gossip magazines is my 'time away'...soon i should replace that with a good book!

  • Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:37 PM
    Reply # 448088 on 444083

    Although I could use some free time here and there Im not overly concerned with having 'lost" myself to being a mom....the only thing I think I have issues with over it is my sex life!

    Not that there arent other issues behind my lack(and by lack I mean none) of sex drive but I think one of the issues is that I have a hard time being "sexy" and being "mommy" at the same time. Maybe its silly but I feel dirty and wrong doing that stuff when I will go touch/kiss etc my baby after...and moms arent sexy...they're moms....I dunno...I dont look at MY mom as a sexual being...Am I making any sense here??

  • Friday, October 22, 2010 5:53 PM
    Reply # 448490 on 444083

    Well Mommas! Be SEXY and BE FIT! Come out to the Pole dance class GNO - girls night out. It is already in the November calendar of events! Bring sexy back to your life, have a fun night out! Once a month we all deserve something special just for our selfves. I took pole classes it was a lot of fun.

    I also have a scrapbooking hobby....putting all my fave pics of family and friends in albums. Great time to unwind.

     

     

  • Saturday, October 23, 2010 1:41 PM
    Reply # 450218 on 444083
    Whatever it is that makes mommy feel delicious is what you should be doing!
    Baby will pick up on sad, resentful, angry feelings just as much as they will pick up on feelings of joy and feeling alive!  Not only are we helping ourselves by feeling joyous and energized but we are teaching  our children which feelings to get used to as well.

    Does that perspective help?

    If you spend most of your time feeling frustrated and negative, children learn that's the norm.  If you spend your time thinking and feeling about being the spicy, sexy and full of life, then the becomes the norm for their way of life.

    I strive to be my best paving the way for Olivia to be her best ( and some days are better than others!).

    Change your perspective and everything else will fall into place, the routine stuff and the things you do for just you.

    When everything around you is reflecting back what you don't want, go inward and make the adjustments from the inside out.  In time, everything on the outside will reflect the rich and positive inner world you've cultivated.  It takes a lot of commitment and mind training but it's entirely possible.







  • Wednesday, October 27, 2010 10:59 PM
    Reply # 452530 on 448490
    tunde nyarfadi Duncan wrote:

    Well Mommas! Be SEXY and BE FIT! Come out to the Pole dance class GNO - girls night out. It is already in the November calendar of events! Bring sexy back to your life, have a fun night out! Once a month we all deserve something special just for our selfves. I took pole classes it was a lot of fun.

    I also have a scrapbooking hobby....putting all my fave pics of family and friends in albums. Great time to unwind.

     

     


    Nice event plug Tunde! LOL!!

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