If I could go back in time

 If I could go back in time and give myself some advice as a first time mom it would be to slow down.

Don’t rush the newborn bubble. That little window of time where it’s just you and your baby, figuring each other out. The days feel blurry. Your body is sore and healing. You are tired in a way you’ve never been before.

But that time is so sacred. It’s the middle of the night feedings, the little squeaks they make, the way their whole body curls into you like they’ve never left your arms.

It goes by so fast. Faster than you’ll ever be ready for.

If I could whisper something to that version of me I would tell her to sink into it. Let the laundry sit. Let the world move on without you for a while. Because this time won’t last forever and one day you’ll ache to feel it all again.