Iterating our way to awesome!
Sometimes I struggle to describe the challenges of early parenthood because I never want to scare people or make anyone feel like they aren’t enough, or that they won’t be a good enough parent if they don’t do certain things. As a new parent sanity specialist, one of my primary goals is to help each of us as new parents to grow in our growth mindset, being able to ask for help, to make mistakes and learn from them, and to keep learning. We are all iterating our way to awesome, as Marisa Murgatroyd always says! And part of that is to encourage parents to ask for help from the very beginning. Why? As a new parent, you deserve to feel nurtured, protected, and cared for. You deserve to have a partner that knows how to nurture, protect, and care for you. And while they hopefully are great at that now, parenting is a new thing when we are first time parents, and your partner is not a mind reader. So if we’re going to be able to know how to care for our partners well, it’s important to solidify our skills to keep our friendship intact and to be able to regularly and clearly express our needs.
The Plan
The way to get started is to attend Pregnancy Date Night! It’s coming up tomorrow! Registration ends at 4 PM Pacific. So your mission is:
1) register for pregnancy date night at pregnancydatenight.com,
2) attend our date night tomorrow evening (Friday, December 3), and
3) get started on your journey towards a healthy family.