And let’s be honest.
It doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.

It’s easy to lose track of time.
For an entire day to pass you by and you suddenly realise that you haven’t got a single thing done.

The house is a mess. Your hair is a mess.
Your mind is a mess.

But productivity comes in a different form, these days.

Being productive. Is sitting with your baby.
Holding your baby. Loving your baby.
Bonding with your baby.

Understanding that nothing else matters, than supporting your baby through this difficult time of getting to know their bright and scary new world.

And you’re navigating it together.
You’re a team. You’re not working against each other.

Their time of being this small and dependent on you is short. I cannot stress this enough.
Although in the moment, it can feel like an eternity.
In the grand scheme of things.
It’s minuscule.

And one day, not so very long from now, you will miss it.

And you’ll look back at how far you’ve come.

And you’ll understand.
That as a mother, being productive looks different now.

And the most important work you will have ever done, did not go unnoticed.

In fact, it made you stronger.
And helped to build you and your child into the people you are today.

Try to enjoy it.
Push aside the guilt of getting ‘nothing else’ done whilst you sit there together.

Because rest assured;

It IS the most important work that you will EVER do.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️