I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this… and if I’m being honest, I’ve said it myself.

Before baby arrives, you feel ready enough. You’ve done the research, maybe taken a class or two, washed the tiny clothes, set up the bassinet and maybe prepped some freezer meals. You know it’ll be hard, of course, but there’s this quiet confidence that you’ll figure it out as you go. I mean, we’ve survived as a species so far, so it can’t be that hard, right?!

Yes, we have. And yes, you do… you figure out a lot on your own. But then postpartum begins, and it’s not one big moment. It’s a thousand small ones, stacked on top of each other.