Some days feel overwhelming, but to your baby, you are their safe place, their comfort, their everything.
Those little cuddles, sleepy smiles and tiny hands holding you, that is what they will always remember.
Honestly after birth, I didn't expect it to be my husband and my mother-in-law.
Those first few weeks broke me in a way I was never prepared for. I was exhausted, there was fear and I even cried silently while everyone assumed I was absolutely fine but I wasn't.
My husband was the first one who observed not the "new mom" version I was trying to be but wht changed inside me.
He didn't try to fix me. He just stayed, held the baby, held me and showed up every single time without making me feel awkward.
And my MIL? I never saw that coming. She came in quietly, no judgment, no taking over just warm, helping and steady. she told me I was doing a good job and somehow I actually believed her.
So mommies tell me — who was yours? And did they surprise you too?