And here I am, no skin softening face mask, but tapping away at the computer. To set the scene, it’s Sunday evening and the whole family is in our living room. My husband is sitting at the table, reading the paper. I am on the couch, one foot gently bouncing the baby bouncer, where Adam, my five month old is playing happily. It is a cozy set-up in our 80 square metre (800 square feet) apartment in downtown Barcelona.
I marvel at how much my life has changed in just one year. This time last year, I was working seventy hours a week, slipping out of meetings because I was gagging with so-called “morning”sickness (mine lasted all day). Today, I’m on maternity leave, taking care of a beautiful baby boy. Last year, I was scared (so much so, that part of me suspects the nausea was really just serious nerves). Now, I’m a full-time mom, wondering how I’ll manage the transition when I head back to work in two weeks time. The learning curve over the last 12 months has been so great. My life will never be the same and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
A baby blog is born...
Well, here I am with raw egg and apple cider vinegar hardening on my face...an excellent skin-softener I swear! I'm Amy...new Mama of a beautiful baby girl, and living on Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada. Halfway around the world, my high school friend, Deirdre, is living in the heart of Barcelona, Spain as the new Mommy of a beautiful baby boy.
So we've decided to tell our story. And share it side by side so you get a taste of raising a child in a European city, versus raising a child on a hippy-style island. Restaurants vs Potlucks. Hospital vs Home Birth. Tylenol vs Strange potions concocted in full moonlight!
We have stories of figuring out how to nurse with a nipple guard, and mountain rats stealing soymilk at midnight. We have jet lag stories, and secrets of yoga breathing before going on flights. Life in the city with a new baby, vs life on a small island with a new baby. Working Urban Mommy vs Stay-at-Home Mama Earth.
Some of our stories are SO different, and yet many of our stories are very similar...and the cool thing about this blog is that not only YOU will all get to read our weekly check-ins...we'll get to see our ongoing new lives as Moms and maybe, just maybe, be able to inspire each other a little to be the best Moms we can be.
We promise to tell a bit about our pregnancies, about the fears around our births, and about the wild ride since our babies entered this world. We'll tell it like it is...with all the mistakes, breakdowns, shoe-throwing, diapers-on-the-wrong-way...WHATEVER comes up on this adventure, we'll share it.
So we've decided to tell our story. And share it side by side so you get a taste of raising a child in a European city, versus raising a child on a hippy-style island. Restaurants vs Potlucks. Hospital vs Home Birth. Tylenol vs Strange potions concocted in full moonlight!
We have stories of figuring out how to nurse with a nipple guard, and mountain rats stealing soymilk at midnight. We have jet lag stories, and secrets of yoga breathing before going on flights. Life in the city with a new baby, vs life on a small island with a new baby. Working Urban Mommy vs Stay-at-Home Mama Earth.
Some of our stories are SO different, and yet many of our stories are very similar...and the cool thing about this blog is that not only YOU will all get to read our weekly check-ins...we'll get to see our ongoing new lives as Moms and maybe, just maybe, be able to inspire each other a little to be the best Moms we can be.
We promise to tell a bit about our pregnancies, about the fears around our births, and about the wild ride since our babies entered this world. We'll tell it like it is...with all the mistakes, breakdowns, shoe-throwing, diapers-on-the-wrong-way...WHATEVER comes up on this adventure, we'll share it.
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