Youre sure to get two things when you become a mother: a cute baby and a brutal inferiority complex
I came across a parental treasure trove recently: a batch of videos of my daughter that I had previously thought lost. She was about one year old at the time, when I was still a postpartum mess because of her early and traumatic birth. I dont have a lot of clear memories from that period, but I had been figuring that I was a terrible mom back then. I was so emotionally checked out and in turmoil, I thought, how could I possibly be anything but?
But when I watched these videos of me singing to Layla, doing the alphabet with her, or somewhat embarrassingly trying to get her to dance to A Tribe Called Quest a different picture started to emerge. The unkind image of myself as a bad mom, which Id built up in my head for three years and counting, fell apart with every smile from her, every laugh from behind the camera. I hadnt been a bad mom at all. Actually ... it sort of seemed as if I was great.
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