Mama aka Julie Willey

That flobbit who bought everything mail order, she/her, “interested but unsure”, (no medical advice offered), wifernickel to @grantovius, mama to two babies

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

I like to participate in Twitter like I like to participate at parties: not much at all. I like to listen/read mostly. Until @Grantovius drags me out of the corner and makes me talk to people. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #introvertlife

[Katyayani Shukla @aibytekat]

The secret to dominating chaos? Stop acting like a task-taker and start acting like a product owner. Protect your time, demand clarity, and execute only on what actually moves the needle.

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@alyssaleann I have someone like this. Combo of voice memos, long form chats, occasional letters. People of like minds exist they are just hard to find.

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@alyssaleann Expressly stating that I like you, for the record.

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@ThymeToBeBorn Must not have gotten this one yet. So far most of the ones we’ve gotten are mid but lots are delightful.

[Romy @Romy_Holland]

i do wish my baby were a little more mission-aligned with the quest to keep him alive

[Autumn Christian @teachrobotslove]

I used to think I'd be satisfied with fictional characters too until I got the first electric taste of love - real love. It was like having a sheet ripped off my head and my tongue hooked up to a car battery. I didn't know whether I was flying or falling, couldn't figure out whether my body burned raw needed to be scraped off the pavement or the bright side of the moon. I was assaulted by acrid fear mixed with heady pleasure.

Love imploded with possibilities into my head. Suddenly the world was a place full of wonder and excitement and curiosity. Before I fell in love, life had felt like a long tight line of quiet actions that would slowly sag over time. I'd spend nights in bed hoping to dream about the Sandman from the Neil Gaiman comic or the devil I invented in my stories. A phantom taste. A little girl's sad fantasy. I didn't know that life was meant to be more than a single color, more than longing, tongue curled out to catch a drop wrung from a memory that'd never existed.

When I fell in love, everything made sense.

I was never satisfied with the fiction of love ever again. It was laughable to me to think that'd ever been an option.

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@alyssaleann In my experience/view it really seems to correlate with how much sleep you can get. I passed my family nurse practitioner recertification boards 6 months after my second was born. But the gray matter thing is being studied. Things do change.

[nicole ruiz @nwilliams030]

When my sister got her first internship she was nervous she didn’t have all the material necessary to work at the company

Told her they were going to be much more interested in her being the person who can figure it out,

to this day she still has an open offer to join full time

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@BovbjergMarit @alyssaleann Came here to say the same about the fridge. Whenever I want to I “revive the colony”. 😂

[💗 @ma1ybe]

Marry a man who treats your dumb questions like they're NASA-level problems.

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@alyssaleann As a normal (not very design-y) people I’d definitely read this as I love the stuff you post but could use a primer.

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@nienna121 Like, not gonna lie, when people brought muffins or breakfast bars I got so excited. The one-hand thing is real. 😅

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@nwilliams030 Welcome. It’s better on this side of figuring it out. 😂

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@alyssaleann Saaaaame.

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@alyssaleann My favorite by far are the ones that I’ve only seen in airports, where it’s in a semi-private corner near the sinks and it’s actually just a long section of counter space with a dedicated sink and trash can. Don’t have to wonder if my large/long child will break it, etc.

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@korinreid Mine *only* liked specifically “Neuropro” version of Enfamil (wouldn’t even sip the Gentlease).

Not a recommendation since you’ve already tried Enfamil but solidarity. ❤️ Hope you find success quickly!

[Korin Reid @korinreid]

It's so much easier to polish off details than start from a big mess, which is very overwhelming for me as a person with ADHD. What I have noticed over time, however, is that Nick has begun to do more and more of the extra details at night without me saying a word

[emily may @emilykmay]

pro tip for the dads: if your default state with your wife is being an appreciative, attentive, thoughtful, caring spouse then it's basically impossible for you to screw up mother's day bc there's no pressure to make up for the other 364 days of the year.

[Mama aka Julie Willey @SmolBeanMama]

@alyssaleann Been there semi-recently, all I can say is that yes it’s hard to be in such a different life stage from the people around you and no you’re not imagining it.