Chocolate is MY LIFE

If my experience is anything to go by, as a new parent, you'll constantly be plagued by confusion and doubt over every decision. Yet the universe hooks you up. While that can shake your self confidence quite a bit, it gets built back up. Suddenly things that you never gave a second thought to, like simple household tasks, or even things necessary for basic survival suddenly feel like award winning achievements.

Including, but not limited to:

• Making meals
• Eating meals
• Showering
• Cleaning
• Doing laundry
• Putting away laundry
• Doing dishes or even just one of the dishes in the sink
• Getting groceries
• Making necessary phone calls (like, business-y things, not just to family where you can hang up on them if the baby starts crying or forget words without being judged)
• Going outside

I completed my first postpartum workout too! I vacuumed every room with Dalton in the Ergo (and he didn't even wake up). I was sweating and honestly considered putting it on Daily Mile.

Essentially, doing even the tiniest task on top of keeping the baby healthy, dry, and fed deserves a mental pat on the back in my mind. Maybe other people are more capable, but that's where I am. My mom gave me the advice that my only job right now is to care for him and me, and I think that's the best way to look at things.