Blogger warns new moms of the importance of getting out and socializing
(Facebook/Constance Hall)
Ask any new mom and they’ll tell you that the first few weeks of parenting are tough. Between lack of sleep, spit up and the complete turning upside down of your world, it can be difficult to not get lost in the foray. But popular mommy blogger Constance Hall has a solution: socialize.
“Having had 4 babies, 2 psychologists, 1 marriage counsellor, severe anxiety, 4 break ups and makes ups… I am in the position to offer this advice,” Hall says in a Facebook post. “Socialise. Please.”
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She explains that parenting can be depressing but that doesn’t mean you have to become depressed.
“Face to face contact is free therapy, a laugh and a coffee or walk saved me, even on days that I did not want to, I followed my psychologist’s advice and forced myself to.”
She goes on to talk about the resentment that can form between partners when one is able to return to work while the other is left at home to tend to the new baby.
“The working parent is able to walk out the door and distract themselves, kick goals at work, have a chat and just generally feel like a normal human with a purpose, where as the at home parent is home is left to dwell on the argument and maximise everything that was said so by the time the worker comes home he is normal and wifey is a crazed lunatic who has packed her bags and is selling the house.”
“When we get stressed we blame each other.”
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But she urges new moms not to let these stresses get the better of you.
“You deserve a life despite becoming a mum,” she says. “You have 2 huge responsibilities, keeping your baby safe and happy and taking care of your mental health. Everything else can wait.”
And the best way to do that in Hall’s opinion, is to “walk out that door.”
“Walk out that door and call a Queen, even if you barley (sic) know her. Talk openly, b*tch about the d*ckhead you married, cry about your lack of sleep, laugh at the state of the house you just walked out of. Just do it. Stop cancelling on your friends, cancel everything else, not friends. You will feel healed. You might even love your partner more.”
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