First Mom Blog

The birth of a child -- considering they are little in stature -- is no small feat. As parents, we learn on the job, taking the good with the bad, and the bad to a seemingly endless state of exhaustion.  

I have decided to start a blog that will enable me to share my thoughts with parents who are or have experienced some of the same feelings. I wish I would've started this sooner, as there are so many learning experiences that I am sure I've forgotten; lessons that are invaluable to others. But given the time constraints as I type between naps, I will press on. 

I was inspired to create this blog as well as my website Ozzy Baby after having my daughter. My husband and I decided that I would leave corporate America to be a stay-at-home parent, once she was born. What began as a somewhat impromptu decision -- because surely staying at home with a baby is easier than working -- quickly taught me that parenting is not only one of the most difficult and frightening things, it is the most important job I have ever held. 

The first two days were exciting, as we held our precious bundle of joy. The amount of love you feel for something so precious, created by and for you cannot be described. You experience love for significant others, parents, friends, etc., but until you have a child, there is a never-ending love that is so embedded in your soul, that words do it no justice. Our daughter was what people consider an "easy" baby. She began sleeping through the night (roughly 6-8 hours) following the first two weeks. She latched on easily to nurse, and she's been a very happy baby over the months. Despite the joys of motherhood, and being full of love, somehow I've developed an emptiness...a feeling of lack of purpose.  Not working a job so-to-speak, and going from corporate America to dirty diapers, breast feeding and baby talk takes a toll on a career-oriented person. After joining a few stay at home mommy groups to quench my need for adult interaction, I'm finding that more and more stay at home parents feel the same way. We love our babies and we love the blessing of being afforded the opportunities to stay at home when so many parents require dual incomes, but how do we juggle our selfish need for "me time" and the desire to be heard, when as parents, we are doing all the listening to our family? Please share your thoughts.

-Leslie Osmond