early mornings are soul healing — I’m convinced | this is how I start my day as a mom

For the last few days I have chosen to wake up at 5:30am. My newborn wakes up around this time to eat and instead of going back to sleep with her, I choose to stay up. Now, before I decided that waking up early was better for me, I would sleep in until 9am—or until my toddler decided she wanted to wake up to start her day of terrorizing. What I’ve realized now that I have changed up my schedule a little bit is that I have more time in a day than I thought I did previously. I mean, I guess you can say that’s obvious when you wake up earlier—but I was more of a night owl. So I’d stay up until midnight, right around the time my baby girl would wake up for another feeding and then I’d go to sleep. What we have to start drilling into our minds is that the day is what you make it. I’ve been dealing with a little postpartum depression but the last few days I’ve felt better all around because I’ve been able to spend at least an hour, if not two hours, alone with myself in the morning with my thoughts. Doing whatever it is I want to do without the noise of kids. I feel like with this extra hour or two in the morning, I can get my mind prepared for the day. I have noticed a change in my patience with my kids as well. <a href="https://medium.com/@SWMarie/early-mornings-are-soul-healing-im-convinced-this-is-how-i-start-my-day-as-a-mom-6a227e3563da">Learn More</a>