Welcome to our new little space on the inter webs. I’ve really missed blogging and I’m really hoping I can keep up with it more now that the holidays are over. Since we are starting fresh with a new domain name and a new blogging tool, you will probably slowly see changes to the site, I just don’t have time to sit down and design it all at once. And if you’d like to go back in time, feel free to visit our old site until I can transfer all the posts over.

I was starting to feel a little discouraged with the whole blogging thing for a while. I follow a lot of mommy blogs and they really started to make me feel bad about myself and my blog. While I get a lot of good advice from the other blogs, and I love looking at pictures of adorable babes and how they are progressing, I also start to wonder how these mommies keep themselves and their babies so well put together. I’m a hot mess, there’s no doubt about that. And then I start to second guess the choices I make about raising my baby. Is she watching too much TV? Is she progressing as well as other babies? Am I spoiling her, or not paying enough attention to her? Should I stop rocking her to sleep? The fact is that not one of these mommies are an expert on raising babies. Everyone does it different and I can’t feel judged by a bunch of people I’ve never even spoken to (or even those that I do talk to).

Aside from all that, I guess I lost sight of why I started my blog. All I wanted to do was document my babies life and share with a few friends and family. But then I got greedy. I noticed the large followings the other blogs had, saw that a lot of mommies make a living out of blogging, and wondered what I was doing wrong. Well I guess that all comes in time, and really, I’m over it now. I’ve lost a few months time keeping track of Rylie’s milestones. I stopped taking pictures (other than with my phone). And now that makes me more sad than anything mentioned above. It’s time to pick up my chin and move on. If people want to follow me, great! If they learn anything from me, even better! In the end all I care is that I remember all along the way the things Rylie has done in her life, both good and bad.

So as you can see, Rylie has grown big and she is now sitting up! She’s a whopping 15.5 lbs and has a silly little evil laugh that makes me smile from ear to ear. Yesterday at school she started eating cheerios! I love it! She’s getting to be so big, so human.

She is the best little girl in the world.

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3 Comments

  1. Welcome back. We also moved too from babyborunda to Moments of Wonderful. I wanted a space for ME as well 🙂 Looking forward to reading 🙂 -Erica

    • MsRyliesMom Reply

      Thanks for following me! I’ll be sure to check out your new site. I know, it’s hard to keep JUST a baby blog, too many other topics to write about.

  2. Just believe in yourself Mary – you’re doing just fine. Questioning yourself is probably natural for a new mom, but do what your heart tells you is right for you, Harris and Rylie. Find that self confidence and move forward. Love ya!

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