Better/Harder: Adjusting to Life as a New Mom
It’s a scene every mother knows all too well. It’s 4 am. and I’m jolted awake, once again, by the sound of the baby…
Jillian wants to live in a world where the coffee is bottomless and the sweatpants are mandatory. As a professional writer, she enjoys crafting copy that cuts through the noise of the everyday media. When she’s not being a word wizard, Jillian can be found hiking the trails with her slightly neurotic German Shepherd named Penny. Find her online at www.jillianstacia.com, or on Twitter and Instagram.
It’s a scene every mother knows all too well. It’s 4 am. and I’m jolted awake, once again, by the sound of the baby…
Real talk: I’m a control freak. And I don’t mean that in a cute, perfectionist kind of way. I mean it in an ugly-crying-while-desperately-clutching-my-planner…
It starts the moment we walk towards the scale. Already, I find myself justifying the number: it’s the afternoon, I had a big lunch,…