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From the outside POV, every other mom looks like she has it together. "Look at my perfect nursery!" "Look at my baby sleeping in a 45-minute routine!"

Sometimes, you will not like being a mom. You will love your baby—violently, desperately—but you will not like the job. mom pov new

You will miss silence. You will miss pooping alone. You will miss the freedom of just walking out the front door with only a set of keys. From the outside POV, every other mom looks

But here is the new perspective I wish someone had given me: He isn't a mind reader, and you aren't a martyr. You have to say the words. "I need you to hold the baby for 20 minutes while I shower. Not later. Now." The romance might be on hiatus, but the teamwork doesn't have to be. Our grandmothers had a village. They had sisters, mothers, aunts, and neighbors who lived three doors down. They had "dropping by" without calling first. You will miss silence

From the outside POV, every other mom looks like she has it together. "Look at my perfect nursery!" "Look at my baby sleeping in a 45-minute routine!"

Sometimes, you will not like being a mom. You will love your baby—violently, desperately—but you will not like the job.

You will miss silence. You will miss pooping alone. You will miss the freedom of just walking out the front door with only a set of keys.

But here is the new perspective I wish someone had given me: He isn't a mind reader, and you aren't a martyr. You have to say the words. "I need you to hold the baby for 20 minutes while I shower. Not later. Now." The romance might be on hiatus, but the teamwork doesn't have to be. Our grandmothers had a village. They had sisters, mothers, aunts, and neighbors who lived three doors down. They had "dropping by" without calling first.