
Settling into motherhood
I feel like I am slowly coming into my identity as mother. Eleanor is almost two and a half and it’s just settling in. When Eleanor was first born, I struggled with this part of my identity. I hated giving up what I wanted to do for her. I struggled with still being young and wanting to fit in with my friends who didn’t have kids but I just didn’t, not like I used to. When Eleanor needed me to nurse her to sleep or comfort her and I had to choose that over other things, I rea