How Our Days Actually Look (The Good & The Tiring)
- May 6, 2025
- 2 min read
Six months into motherhood, and I still don't have the perfect routine--but I've noticed some patterns. Some good, some exhausting, some just... reality. Here's what our days have been looking like lately:
The Good:
Two naps a day feels like a nice break. For some reason three naps felt more exhausting. They're not always smooth, but they're predictable enough to build around.
Walks with the stroller are saving my sanity. Sometimes it's for Roman. Mostly it's for me.
Baby giggles. I get it now--people aren't exaggerating. It really does cure most things.
A hot everything shower. Underrated therapy. It helps me feel like myself again. Actually, it helps me feel like the old me, a version I know I'll never get back, but the familiarity is nice.
Tiny wins like folding and putting the laundry away once it's done or carving out 15 minutes in the morning to get ready for the day.
The Tiring:
Sleep training. We're trying, adjusting, second-guessing, and trying again. It's a process.
The bottle wash cycle. The drying rack is never empty, but I'll take that over washing bottles AND breast pump parts. That part of motherhood is over for now.
Fitting in anything "for me". Writing this blog included. But I'm trying.
What I'm learning:
Everything is a quick phase. I already went into this with the mindset that "everything is temporary", but things come and go faster than I thought--even the parts that feel endless. It's all bittersweet.
Flexibility matters more than perfection.
Small things do add up. A little sunlight, a reset room, a kind inner voice.
Our days aren't particularly aesthetic as some of the cool moms I see on social media, but they're ours and we love them. And slowly, they're starting to feel like the rhythm I knew I needed.
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