How My Newborn is Teaching Me to Cope

It's been about a month now that I've been a mom of two lovely daughters.

It's not easy adjusting to a new baby- sleepless nights, hormonal breakdowns, trying to find your new "normal." Adding a global pandemic into the mix hasn't exactly made things any easier. Instead of just crying over the fact that this is our last baby, I've also cried over whether I'd be able to feed our baby if others started hoarding formula. And the tears didn't just stop there- what about the others who were no longer able to work and unable to provide for their children?

But what I'm realizing is that, just like adjusting to a change in your life, we humans are capable of adjusting to anything. Are the results always perfect? No. Are things going to be exactly the same as before? Also no. But just because things aren't perfectly the same as before doesn't mean that we can't try the best that we can. And if we do all try our best and help others to do the same, I think our new family will be just fine.

Letting go of wanting things to be exactly as they were before and focusing on adjusting to knowing that things will be different but hopefully better if we all work together is what having another baby has taught me. I hope this global life change will teach us all a similar lesson on adapting to life.