I’ve learnt a few new things about being a parenting this week.
Parenting is about being flexible. Knowing that there are going to be unsettled nights, restless nights and those nights where you just have to reassure your little one. Or simply having to give cuddles.
Parenting is knowing that you are going to be tired the next day, and that is just the way it is. Fighting the tiredness, lethargy and just lack of energy is just something you have to go through.
The routines, the sleep times and even those things you thought you had down pat just go out the window. Flexibility becomes a lot more of the norm and routine becomes the abnormal.
Sometimes you have to do what you have to do to get through. Sometimes having a meltdown is just something that happens. This is okay. It does not make you weaker, it does not make you less of a person and it certainly does not mean you love less.
Sometimes we all reach our wits end. Sometimes we need that cry in the laundry, or the shower, or the kitchen…. A place where there is no one watching. A private space, our private moment to have the tears pour out.
So the tough times are tough. Loveliness, beauty, and all things chummy are just not seen.
Parenting is reaching out for help when you need it and knowing that that is not a sign of weakness but utter strength and courage.
There are going to be moments of doubt, moments of uncertainty. Perfection should be abolished. There will be times we are not in control.
I am just learning and going through a journey. A constant journey!
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