Hi Everyone!

I had a good day yesterday. It has been really busy and stressful recently, so I focused on relaxing and played video games while the baby was napping.

I got a good grade on my exam, hurray!

My husband has been ill recently so we’re focused on being strict about eating healthily. I’m really enjoying it, dinner was nice yesterday.

And I won’t let him watch the baby at night on the weekends anymore because sleep deprivation is bad for his health. I’m trying not to add to his stress either.

Our son has been doing really well with his developmental milestones recently. He’s getting much better at taking a bottle.

I love how happy and smiley he is just doing everyday things. Grabbing his own foot is the most entertaining thing for him right now. It’s a shame that we lose that as adults. It would be awesome if  happiness as simple as grabbing your foot and rolling around. With burgeoning questions of I wonder what my feet taste like?

One of my dogs was reluctant to interact with the baby. She was jealous because she was so spoiled and things changed with a baby at home. It was really important for the dogs to accept him, so I’ve been giving them praise and cuddles whenever they are kind to the baby. I’m thrilled that the reluctant dog has finally started accepting the baby. The baby seems to really like the dogs. He keeps trying to pet them and laughs at their shenanigans. I think that she’s starting to realize that the baby is just going to be another source of love and affection for her.

I’m focusing on taking care of myself more too. I neglected myself for way too long. Time to do my hair, nails and skincare routine again. I’ve been thinking about wearing makeup too.

I know my body is just trying its best every day to function, heal and look after me. I need to listen to it more and be grateful towards it. Thank you body, for always being there for me! Perhaps, my body has been trying to tell me to rest and I haven’t been listening.

Wishing everyone all the best! 🙏❤️

Hi Tee!

Thank you for your kindness. Definitely! I find it especially hard when my mood drops. It’s really easy to slip into a negativity biased mindset. And I’ve had difficulty doing gratitude journals then, usually giving myself the day off. But I’m trying to do it during difficult days too.

Yesterday ended up surprising me and being a more difficult day for example, because of pain and anxiety. Today is a more difficult day too because of pain.

Truer words haven’t been spoken. Well done on not blaming your body! This is something that I struggled with for a long time. It is not an easy feat. The truth was that my body has been through a lot at a fairly young age and it breaking down was inevitable because I didn’t look after it properly.

If you have any insights you would like to share about the mind and the body connection and things that you find helpful please feel free to share them. If desired. Of course, it’s fine if you don’t want to. ❤️

Wishing you all the best! 🙏❤️

Hello Everyone!

I ended up having a chill day yesterday despite the pain. I tried hard to take care of my body to try and manage the pain I was in and rest. I’m thankful that I know how to do this.

Today, the pain is a little better. Which is something to be thankful for. But I’m not out of the flare up yet, so I will have to be careful to manage things because it could easily get worse if I do too much or get stressed.

I’m thankful that I got the day to rest yesterday.

I’m glad that I got some sleep, I was exhausted.

I’m thankful for the beautiful sweaters my friend knitted for my boy.

I’m thankful for the moments of peace while he naps. He is very cute when he sleeps.

I’m glad that I had a good day yesterday.

It’s nice to be greeted by the pets in the morning. They are very cute too. Oh and I got a good grade on my test!

Wishing everyone all the best! ❤️🙏

Hi Everyone

For a long time, I was unable to express anger, instead I repressed it. In more recent years, I have been in touch with my anger but it has been disproportionate. I’ve been working on the link between anxiety and anger recently. I’m thankful that I had two days where I didn’t feel any anger.

I had fun watching a stand up comedian on Netflix.

It has been beautiful outside recently. It’s nice that the days are longer and warmer.

I’m looking forward to taking my son swimming for the first time.

I really enjoyed my soup and a sandwich for lunch today.

I’m thankful for my acupuncturist helping me with an issue with my core after the surgery. I’m hopeful that physiotherapy will help.

My son started fake coughing. I didn’t know that babies did that. He had me worried for a bit there. He’s such a character. I think his first word is going to be boob. 😂

He’s growing so quickly.

The dog who took months to warm up to him now let’s him ride her like a horse. It’s beautiful to see. He already loves dogs and tries to pet them and they give him kisses. They’re going to be excellent companions.

It’s nice spending time with my husband and relaxing.

I definitely feel like taking care of my body more is helping. I’m glad for that.

Wishing ya’ll all the best! ❤️🙏

Hi Everyone

After 2 days of being woken every 1-2 hours he has finally gone down for the night again. Teething put him off his bottle and it was hunger disturbing him.

Thank God for naps…

Thank goodness he’s sleeping better again.

Increased pain, increased anxiety, some anger.

I hope he’ll be in a better mood during the day because his sleep wasn’t disturbed.

I’m glad that I will get to sleep again.

Hi Everyone

On some days it is hard. Yesterday was a hard day. There have been a few hard days recently.

I am thankful that my baby slept well last night, and I’m glad that I managed to get back to sleep after difficulties with pain and anxiety.

It was nice taking him swimming for the first time. He was very brave, had fun and tired himself out. I was a very proud mama! Still am.

I’m glad that he managed to drink a good amount of formula yesterday (he is still learning ).

I need to get back into the habit of doing my physiotherapy exercises. I will try very hard.

I’m glad that today is a quiet day and I get the opportunity to rest.

I look forward to seeing my friends at the weekend.

I’m glad that I found some information about my final exam and assistance. It’s helped to ease my anxiety about it. I think that I can still pass this module. My grade might not be good, but that it okay. I have a lot going on and I just need a basic pass.

I’m thankful for my husband, he’s really awesome in so many different ways. I’m glad that he is able to tell me when he feels stressed.

I finally managed to make a jam that didn’t burn and set well.

Wishing ya’ll all the best! 🙏❤️

Hi Everyone

I’m glad that I had a good day yesterday. I was able to rest and relax.

The bad thing about brains is that they tend to try and bring you back to a baseline and anxiety has been my baseline, so it started trying to find things to make me feel anxious again. Fortunately, I managed to notice that happening and reel it in.

My sons bath time was funny because he figured out that he can kick water. He kicked water everywhere!

My husband made a really nice gravy! He’s an excellent cook.

It was nice to talk to my sister.

I’m glad that I did my physiotherapy again.

I’m starting to believe that my husband is attracted to me again which is nice. He didn’t do anything to make me believe otherwise. I was just being hard on myself because of the pregnancy.

Wishing ya’ll all the best! 🙏❤️