Being an overwhelmed new mummy.

Being a new mummy is tough. I love my baby girl and cherish her more than anything. But being a new mummy also means being overwhelmed by many people's advice, opinions and thoughts on how to raise babies. These include close family parents, siblings, aunties, friends and the list goes on.

I know and understand that everyone has  good intentions for giving advice. But it can really feel overwhelming and imposing on a new mummy. That's how I feel anyways. This is especially so when everyone's advice is conflicting due to different schools of thought. I feel stressed and pressured to listen even though my maternal instincts may feel otherwise. There comes the inner turmoil. 

It dawned on me that being a new mummy entails having the strong will and conviction to know how to raise your baby amidst all the well meaning, diverse and external advice. It means trusting your own maternal instincts to know what's best for your lil one. It means having the courage to tell people that you rather do it your way.  After all, that's how you grow and learn as a parent. For me, I really need to work on this. I need to do this for my baby leia.