10. The Lost Mamas - Not Everyone Loves Motherhood All The Time

03/15/24 • 23 min

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*Your Step By Step Guide To Making Sure Your baby Gets A Great Feed (whether you breastfeed or bottle feed)*5 Simple Steps To Get Your baby Sleeping Soundly From Birth (without leaving them to cry)
Takeaways

Many women struggle with not enjoying motherhood, but feel afraid to admit it due to societal expectations.
Feeling lost and alone as a mama can have a negative impact on physical and mental well-being.
It is important to find a support network and open up about feelings to alleviate the burden.
Simplifying life and expressing thoughts and feelings can help improve the mama experience.

Chapters

00:00
Introduction: The Reality of Being a Lost Mama

03:16
Feeling Lost and Alone

08:53
The Fear of Being Judged

09:50
It's Normal to Not Enjoy Motherhood

13:24
Building a Support Network

21:04
Expressing Your Thoughts and Feelings

22:31
Conclusion: You Are Not Alone

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Many women struggle with not enjoying motherhood, but feel afraid to admit it due to societal expectations.
Feeling lost and alone as a mama can have a negative impact on physical and mental well-being.
It is important to find a support network and open up about feelings to alleviate the burden.
Simplifying life and expressing thoughts and feelings can help improve the mama experience.

Chapters

00:00
Introduction: The Reality of Being a Lost Mama

03:16
Feeling Lost and Alone

08:53
The Fear of Being Judged

09:50
It's Normal to Not Enjoy Motherhood

13:24
Building a Support Network

21:04
Expressing Your Thoughts and Feelings

22:31
Conclusion: You Are Not Alone

Previous Episode

9. Sleep Training From Birth - understanding how babies learn.

Get your accompanying guide to this episode by clicking this link: 5 Simple Steps to get your baby sleeping soundly.This episode explores the topic of sleep training for babies from birth. Sarah emphasizes the importance of understanding how babies learn and using that knowledge to gently encourage them to sleep better. The conversation debunks myths and misconceptions surrounding sleep training and highlights the benefits of providing clear sleep signals and meeting the baby's basic needs. It also emphasizes the importance of sleep for both babies and parents and provides practical tips for better sleep. Overall, the conversation aims to empower parents to help their babies sleep well and enjoy their parenting journey.

Key Takeaways from this episode.

Sleep training is about teaching babies how to go to sleep and stay asleep, and it can start from birth.
Babies learn by spotting patterns, and parents can use this to their advantage when sleep training.
Meeting the baby's four basic needs (well-fed, well-rested, secure, and free from pain) is crucial for successful sleep training.
Using consistent sleep signals, such as white noise, swaddles, and bedtime routines, can help babies understand when it's time to sleep.
Sleep is a necessity for both babies and parents, and prioritizing sleep can lead to better physical and mental well-being.

Here is the accompanying guide to this episode: 5 Simple Steps to get your baby sleeping soundly.

Mama Island - 10. The Lost Mamas - Not Everyone Loves Motherhood All The Time

Transcript

Hello and welcome to Mama Island where we travel away from the noise and the pressure of real life to a safe and quiet place where we can spend time figuring out how to be great mamas without losing who we are and what we love doing and how to get the mama life we really want.
Not everyone loves being a mama.
That's the plain and simple truth and that can be a difficult thing to admit, so you don't admit it and you struggle on alone because you think you're the only one. But that's just