First few months

First few months of motherhood are very overwhelming. It is not easy to manage. You feel that are you going to do this whole of life. Time flies and it gets better and you tend to forget about it. 

I had csec. My mom was there for first month. First month was all fine, just sleeping and feeding the baby. My mom took care of rest all household work. After that i was on my own. Good thing is my son started sleeping in the night from 1.5 month onwards. I was able to have decent sleep in the night, so i was able to manage the day. I had maid for utensils and basic cleaning, washing machine for laundry. I used to do cooking and taking care of baby myself. i used to get up at 6, cook breakfast and lunch before hubby leaves to office at 9am. Cook dinner after he is back at 7pm. In between whole day with baby. Another good thing was he used to take two naps in daytime 2-3 hrs each. At any given point if more than one task is pending, I had set the priorities in order (1) baby’s feed (2) My food (3) My sleep (when baby is also sleeping) (4) massaging/bathing baby (5) household work/my bath.   During his first nap i also used to sleep. During his 2nd nap, i used to have my food/bath/wash nappies etc. I used to cm online/make calls while feeding him.

At the end of the day, i am content that i am doing it myself. Moreover i knew i have to resume work at 5 months, so probably these were only 5 months that i get to be with my baby 24x7.