@JenaFriedman Solidarity. For many of us it isn’t as easy as people make it seem to be. I stopped after 9 weeks, and both me and my baby were happier. Do what you can, but I’ll just say this: don’t be afraid to stick a fucking bottle of formula in that baby’s face. ♥️
I wrote the song “Joy” during that time in early motherhood when days seem glacially slow, when everyone tells you it will pass but you don’t believe them. Parents need to know that it’s normal to feel lost during that time. It’s normal to feel both trapped and free.
When I am 80 I will have a room dedicated to these spiral notebooks, filled to the brim with piles and piles of them, all housing the absolute crap that comes out of my brain(and a few pretty good songs).
The wind is blowing petals off our front yard tree/got one hand on the baby, and one hand on my history/I’m drinking cold coffee & chewing on my fingernails/cause love it don’t always prevail