My little boy has been with us for a few months now and I can honestly say that they have been the happiest months of my life. I often say that people are very quick to tell you how hard motherhood and the ‘newborn trenches’ can be, however that differs massively from my experience.

Motherhood has without a doubt changed me in enormous ways. And they are all things that I am very happy to have changed about myself. I feel so much more confident, self-assured and happy with myself as a person. In this post I am going to breakdown how motherhood has changed me.

 

 

Much more strong-willed.

I like to believe that I am an easy-going person. Always have been. However, I now have a reason to have a strong voice. While my boy is a baby, he needs me to be his voice and that is what I am going to be. For my boy, I will not be dismissed by doctors, if I don’t agree with somebodies’ actions it will get addressed and I will always do what is right by him. Before becoming a mother, I didn’t know if I would ever discover that side of myself, but the moment he was placed into my arms, it kicked into place and I really hope that it will be here to stay.

 

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

I have many amazing friends that have been parents for much longer than I have. Now as a parent, I sit and wonder how many times they must have rolled their eyes at the small and unimportant things that I was sprouting off about. These days, I don’t care about the small things that once upon a time would have probably annoyed me. Genuinely, most things just don’t matter. I hope that this will stick around because it has made myself and my OCD worlds better. Everything now has been put into perspective thanks to my little boy.

 

I’m a boundary setter.

Previously, I have gone with the flow. Some people may see that as allowing others to walk all over me. Generally, I have just always picked the path of least resistance. Most of the time, I can’t be bothered to rock the boat or do anything that others may contest. But these days, I have to think differently. I don’t just have myself to think about, I have my little boy. Because of that, I am a boundary setter. I will do what I think is right for my family, always. Not at all bothered about what others may think about that or how it may affect them.

 

Better at controlling my emotions.

I’m not ashamed to say that I have always been a hot head. I like to think that I am passionate about the things that I care about. However, I am sure that many other people would construe my emotional outbreaks as something other than passion. However, since becoming a mother, I am the most level-headed that I have ever being. I think everything that I have mentioned above feeds into this and has helped me to become this zen version of myself and I truly adore it.

 

As always, I hope you guys enjoyed this post. The main reason why I wanted to share this is because I didn’t know what would happen or how I would feel when I went into motherhood. I had so may other people push their views and opinions onto myself, and it made me nervous about how my journey would be.

However, this has been the most magical journey and I truly hope that if other people out there are expecting their first baby that this affirms that it is going to be a magical time.