Becky

One of our go-to’s is quesadillas. Our 6 year old has historically liked just cheese. But the other day she actually had the same one my wife and I did – which has black beans and sweet potatoes in it, as well as cheese. We prep the sweet potatoes on the weekend by roasting in the oven. Then during the week it is easy to throw a tortilla on the stove and then add the cheese, sweet potatoes, and canned beans. And you could always substitute other stuff too, but this one is def a fav of ours.

I completely agree that hearing “This too shall pass” would have been super helpful. For me, also hearing “Yes. This is incredibly hard.” would have been. That was something I really need to hear, but mostly what I heard was “You must be so happy with your new baby,” “Yeah it’s hard but the toddler stage is harder,” “Oh you’ll be fine.” etc… The newborn stage for me was so so difficult, physically and emotionally, and I did not expect that because I wanted a baby so badly. So there was also the guilt that I wasn’t loving every minute of it, and so many other confusing feelings… So, I just wanted to add that. For all going through this – Whatever you are feeling is valid; if you are feeling/thinking ‘this is so incredibly hard, what the bleep did I get myself into??’ then that is normal and makes sense; and yes eventually this too shall pass. But in the meantime it’s effing hard and if you need help (even professional help) please seek it out, and I hope you are able to get the help you need.