When you get pregant, you know your life will change but I don't think mothers always realise just how much their lives would change. Some welcome the change with love, others try to fight it.
I decided to make the most of the changes in my life! I knew I was going to see less of friends, that my sleeping habbits would change, that I would have to eat and live more healthy, that I would need to be more responsible.
Others while pregnat tend to say that they won't change for the baby. Baby should fit in with their lifestyles and not them into baby's. Some change their minds when baby comes, others don't.
When I decided that I was going to be an attachment parent, I knew that I would have less time to myself. I knew I had to let go of my ideas and just listen to my baby and my heart.
Being an attachment parent is a lifestyle! Therefor it can not be done half heartedly! When choosen this form of parenting, you need to give over completely. You can't say I listen to my baby but then make him sleeptrain or put him in a baby seat all day.
Although being an attachment parent, I am still the one who makes the rules, and yes there are still rules. But we lovingly guide our children to grow up in amazing adults.
I don't mind streching my vagina, for a natural birth, I don't mind saggy boobs from breastfeeding, I get that my clothes will sometimes be full of milk, and that beautysleep will be limited. Sometimes my hair will be a mess, and I will forget to put on make-up .... but I will give all that up for my Snoekie.
Being a mother means giving your heart to your child, and yes sometimes they step on it, throuw it around like a bean bag, but atleast they know they have it, and can always come back to it.
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