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Month: May 2017

Dear Babydaddy,

May 30, 2017May 30, 2017 ~ habitualmama ~ Leave a comment

After all this hoo-haa about me going back to work soon, I didn't even stop to think how the same issue would have affected my partner Sean. Sometimes I can get so caught up with the chaos of mumlife that I forget that dadlife also comes with it's challenges along the way too. So today, I would … Continue reading Dear Babydaddy,

Let Them Be Little

May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 ~ habitualmama ~ Leave a comment

'Let them be little...cause they're only that way for a while'. I've seen these Billy Dean song lyric's floating around the interweb for a while now and it's only taken me 5 months to truly understand the meaning of these words. Many people, even strangers on the street would tell me over and over again "enjoy the baby … Continue reading Let Them Be Little

Our Co-Sleeping Journey

May 24, 2017May 24, 2017 ~ habitualmama ~ 2 Comments

I never intended on co-sleeping with Jacob, it just happened. One day my sweet angelic newborn baby was sleeping soundly in his cot and then 24 hours of hell later he was sleeping in my bed getting a never-ending supply of the good stuff. I suppose you could say, Jacob was rolling in it and I … Continue reading Our Co-Sleeping Journey

This Thing Called CHANGE

May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 ~ habitualmama ~ Leave a comment

  Becoming a mother was one of the hardest transitions I have ever had to make in my life. Don't get me wrong, I fucking love being a mum, but on the road to motherhood I was met with this thing called change and it challenged me to my core. Since day one I have really struggled with … Continue reading This Thing Called CHANGE

Paying It Forward – Why I Blog

May 14, 2017May 15, 2017 ~ habitualmama ~ 3 Comments

Sometimes I question my decision of creating habitual mama. Why would I plaster myself and my family all over social media? Why would I choose to remain so "connected"? Why would I be so daringly honest with complete strangers that I've never met before? Yes, these questions go through my head daily, but there is something … Continue reading Paying It Forward – Why I Blog

My Birth Story – Jacob Rex Kehoe

May 10, 2017May 12, 2017 ~ habitualmama ~ Leave a comment

  Jacob Rex Kehoe - born Saturday 10th Dec 2016 at 9:55pm, weighing 4.3kg/9lb 4oz, 57cm long and 38cm head circumference. In the last few weeks of my pregnancy I started to get quite nervous about the impending labour. People only tell you about their horror stories so it was inevitable that I was going to … Continue reading My Birth Story – Jacob Rex Kehoe

The Day My Life Began – Becoming a Mother.

May 9, 2017May 10, 2017 ~ habitualmama ~ Leave a comment

Saturday 10th of December, 2016. The day Jacob was born and the day my life began. It sounds kind of corny, but it's true, it really did. I think back to my pre-baby life and I just think how self-obsessed I was back then. At the time I was so consumed by this idea that if I … Continue reading The Day My Life Began – Becoming a Mother.

About Me


Hi guys, my name is Tracy. I'm 29, sleep-deprived and coffee is life. I'm here to share, enlighten, inspire and connect with other mummies. Follow me on my journey navigating through motherhood, embracing my new mumbod and everything in between. x

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Happy 4 months little gals. 💜 it’s a little late but not two weeks late 🤣 • This month they’ve learnt to self settle a bit better & they’ve put themselves into a little routine which is 👌🏽! They’re both much more aware of their surroundings and we have enjoyed lots of smiles, singing and half giggles. They’re no longer those scrunched up newborns anymore that’s for sure. We get weighed tomorrow but I’ll be surprised if they haven’t hit the 6kg mark yet. 😊 We’ve tasted avocado & Greek yoghurt so far...one was a winner and one not 🤣
Have you seen that feminist comic about the mental load? I’ll upload it in my stories if you haven’t. But it’s something that I & many other mums do on a daily basis where we overwhelm our brains by trying to remember the one hundred and million and one things to do...remembering what time baby slept & fed, the baby bags always topped up, vaccination dates, togs are clean for swimming, putting meat out to defrost for dinner, when the shampoo bottle will finish, to organise babysitters for events, to sort old baby clothes when they get too small, to change everyone’s sheets, to check the weather for washing day, when the insurance payment will come out, to get the online shopping order done before the deadline...they all seem like really small insignificant things but they’re all the things that make a household function smoothly on a day-to-day basis. If I didn’t do these things they probably would never get done, its permanent and it’s exhausting work and it’s invisible. This is not an attack on my partner, I’m not taking the feminist route here. Sure we always have the “I shouldn’t have to ask” argument, but he contributes to the household in other ways that I don’t & he just thinks differently to me. In some households the one working full time (most cases the dad) might be the one taking on the mental load so it really depends on the individuals too. I guess like many other women by default being the SAHM’s we naturally take on the organisation of life stuffs and we become the CEO of the household and it’s just as exhausting as having a full time job. With two babies and a toddler I’m really feeling the pressure to keep the household organised because I know if I don’t it will all fall to pieces. Some days even with 3 under 2 you feel like “I got this” and then some days it can all be too much. I feel like I spend more time in my days cleaning up after my kids, remembering sleep/feed times or organising the “next thing” than actually relaxing & enjoying my kids and my brain hurts so it’s time to share the load. Are you feeling the mental load? Check out my stories for ways to eliminate the stress from the mental load. 😘
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