265: Things I Wish I Knew Before Having a Baby

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Motherhood, Cameronrogers, Freckledfoodie, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Parenting

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this solo episode, I share what I wish I knew before having a baby, from never being able to have the “perfect” timeline for having kids; to how friendships and relationships might evolve once you become a parent. I talk about the intensity of having your priorities completely shift to another person and away from yourself, why it’s so important to find what makes you feel like “you,” and why giving yourself a window of transition time during your days, especially during postpartum, can be a lifesaver. I also discuss the unpredictability of what works one day with your child versus what might not work the next day, the confidence that comes from being a parent, how important choosing your village is — from your partner, to your friendships — aand more.

Key Takeaway / Points:

On never having the perfect timeline
On your priorities shifting away from yourself
On finding what makes you feel like yourself
Giving yourself a window of time to transition into different parts of your day
On the energy it takes to feed another person
The unpredictability of what works one day vs. what doesn’t the next
On the joy of watching your child experience the world
On the confidence that comes from being a parent
On the judgment you experience as a mom
On how important your village is, including your partner
How your friendships might shift

Listen to Ep 207: “What I Wish I Knew in my Twenties” here

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:05.8	Come on in, take a seat, pour a drink, pass one to me, conversations with care, talk to life, come join the fair, throw away your hesitations. I'm a filter conversations.
0:21.6	If you've got to let it.
0:24.0	Here's conversations with care.
0:31.2	All right, it's solo time in the studio.
0:33.1	I feel like I haven't done a solo episode
0:35.2	in a very long time, honestly.
0:37.4	I don't know the last one we
0:38.7	did. But I felt pulled to do one. I also love doing them. So I want to try and do one once a month.
0:44.2	But I am trying to be more intentional about them and cover specific topics that feel top of mind
0:51.1	to me. I also did a Q&A box on Instagram that a lot of you submitted questions to,
0:57.8	and I was going through all of them. And I was like, okay, these all kind of fit under this umbrella topic
1:04.2	that I felt pulled to discuss, which is things I wish I knew before having a baby. And I was having
1:10.6	this conversation with my producer
1:11.6	about the show and past episodes and the direction we're going because I'm so fucking obsessed
1:16.4	with everything we're doing right now with the podcast. And it's hands down. Just brought me so
1:21.0	much joy in life right now. I feel like I'm really fucking thriving. And I think it's important
1:25.9	that we say that and we celebrate our wins and we
1:28.8	are our own biggest cheerleaders. But there are times where I don't feel like things are in
1:34.2	flow and going my way. And I very much feel like they are over the past few months. So I'm riding
1:39.7	that wave. But we were talking about past episodes and it came to my attention that one of the
1:45.0	top episodes was things I wish I knew in my 20s, which honestly kind of shocked me. I will link it in
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