Chasing The Tribe

Just a girl in love with her dummy 💓
She’s growing up way too quickly 🥺

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝.
It’s not just feeding the baby — it’s remembering what side I fed on last.
It’s noticing a rash, googling it at 3am, forgetting what I read by morning.
It’s tracking p**p, tracking naps, tracking my own mood swings — and theirs.

It’s knowing exactly where the nail clippers are but forgetting when I last ate.
It’s smiling when people visit, even though I’m leaking, aching, bleeding.
It’s being asked how the baby is 20 times — and wondering if anyone will ask about me.

I’m carrying so much right now. Some of it is beautiful.
Some of it is heavy and quiet and invisible.
But it’s all mine. And I’m holding it together the best I can.

No one really prepared me for this part.
The tabs in my brain are always open. And sometimes, it’s just a lot.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 — 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞!