5 Months with Baby

Dear Dashiell,
Little man, you want to GO! You are so enthusiastic about movement, pulling yourself to standing on anything you can get your hands on (and often toppling right back over). You scoot yourself around the house flat on your belly, and it’s amazing how much traction you get and how fast you can escape from me. You and Finn have become partners in crime, giggling over secret jokes that make no sense to anyone but you, rolling around on the floor together in delight.

You’re a voracious little eater, you love sweet potatoes and applesauce and yogurt and try to grab the spoon to shovel it all into your mouth as fast as you can get it in. You seem to drink bottles nonstop and I love to spend time feeding you while your eyelids slowly drop and I feel like all is right with the world. I love feeling the weight of you in my arms and lap, your warmth and that sweet baby heaviness.

After a truly tumultuous year, I’m at peace with where I find myself in life. At peace with how much you need me. At peace with motherhood and being a wife and all the sacrifices and responsibility both of those things entail. I’m appreciating all this abundance and relishing this phase of life!

Some links that have been good for my Mother Heart
What Postpartum Moms Really Need
A Joyful Routine from an Up-and-Coming Choreographer
An Ode to My PostPartum Body
The Best Kept Secret for Postpartum Depression
The Fiercest Dance Routine Out There Right Now

Photography ByPaper Tiger Photography

Author Description

Autumn Reeser

Autumn is an actress + artist living in Los Angeles with her toddler sons, Finn + Dash. She is constantly inspired by today’s modern woman.

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