How reading is saving me

Here I am again! Talking about being a new mother. To vent it out maybe on this platform. Maybe, this is therapy to me. Writing it all out of my mind into this little portal in my hand. Because my best friend who is also my husband has his own plate full. And I don’t want to overload his plate with my problems.

So, to help me get into this never ending puzzle of parenthood, I searched for some books on parenting. I successfully got my hands on a handful of them, luckily.

The book which I’m currently reading is a self help book on how to behave with our children. The core focus of this book is to treat our child – a baby, a toddler or an infant as a person and not as a ‘it’ or sone task at hand.

They need their parent’s indivisible attention to get stronger mentally with relatively less problems and tantrums.

So what I’m trying to do is this that whenever I am with my daughter, I keep my phone and my book aside. I play with her, I laugh with her, I soothe her when she’s crying and just be with her fully.

What I’m experiencing in me, because of this small change is that she is more calmer, more energetic, less clingy and let’s me do my own thing sometimes! Which is honestly a great deal for any parent if you ask me !

Let’s see how it turns out!

Happy parenting to all the new and old parents!

2 thoughts on “How reading is saving me

  1. Hello Purva! I’m an old parent. My son is now 48 years old. It sounds like you doing great with your daughter. Don’t forget to let your husband know what your daughter did during the day. Smiled, laughed, giggled, spit her food out and other things that are cute.
    All parents are nervous wrecks, husband and wife need to talk over what happened during their day. Your daughter hears everything the two of you say, this keeps her informed. She doesn’t understand what the two of you are saying, but she watches your faces and movements, hears the tones you are speaking in.
    I hope this help you a little – Hope

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