You know those nights where you party so hard you lose track of time and you end up getting home as your alarm goes off? You simply shake it off and jump in the shower and with the back of your eyes pulsing a bit you begin your day. Well that's everyday of my life now. Though I am not actually partying and I don't actually have an alarm per say... I have a Kai. For all of you who don't know me my name is Mom (aka Jamie) and Kai is my very energetic boob obsessed 5 month old who I love more than I ever thought possible. I could talk about him all day and when we go out I usually do talk about him all day, thankfully my friends seem almost as obsessed with him as his dad and I are.
My days start and end with Kai of course and while he keeps me very busy I do still sneak a few of my other obsessions in between all the baby kisses and belly tickles that happen. Like crafting, so much crafting, yarn and beads and fabric and all that good stuff. And food! But like super healthy vegan versions of my old favorite unhealthy foods like mac and cheese. And certainly all things baby! I have a passion for learning info about natural birthing and child care that I really love sharing with people in an attempt to help expand peoples view of their options.
I created this blog so I have a place to share all of my obsessions and meet some new like minded friends. I have already found quite a few incredibly lovely people who I am so beyond excited to follow along in their journey! I hope you all enjoy the slice of my life I'm serving and look forward to meeting more of you!
Quick side note. So while I said Kai was 5 months old... Well he was but because I am incredibly self critical over pretty much everything I do and I never think anything is good enough the past year or so I've been writing when I can and not posting any of it! All in all he is now a year old. Eeeeek! BUT I am now at a new place in my life where I refuse to allow perfection to prevent progress and let's be honest perfection is impossible so I am learning to let go of that idea and just doing the damn thing. So here it goes.
Welcome to steemit :D
Thanx! Lovin it here already! ❤️
Hiiii !!!!
Welcome!!! Excited you started blogging!!!
I'm looking forward to following your posts. Great content already. Your family looks so sweet and I can't wait to try making the vegan mac-cheese
Awwww thanx Autumn! I was so nervous to start posting but am absolutely loving it! And yes they are just wonderful! They are the center of my world and I absolutely love it! Let me know if you try it and what you think! I love hearing people's reviews of my food! 😊
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Thanx so much! And holy beegeezes! You are just down south of me! Hello from the north! 😊
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Hi @iamjamie, welcome to steemit.
I think you are a great writer, I like your posts.
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Thank you so much for your positive feedback! This is the first post I've EVER created and I was definitely a bit nervous to read people reactions. Will check out your page! Thank you again! ❤️
Congratulations to join steemit @iamjamie .. Show the best work you have here, hopefully in this steemit we all share each other, both in terms of writing, and on upvote part, I @muhammadfajarm will always support you, regards me @muhammadfajarm
Perfection IS possible my love, you and Kai are examples of that.
All is perfectly here and now, in this moment we ain't ever going to be anywhere else. So be we it, all ways here and now, believe it, be live it, be love it..
I've so much love and appreciation for you and am so happy to see you pushing that button.
Thanks for being in our life and I'm so excited that everyone else gets a chance to know you too!
You are perfect! 💖✨🙏
Ok so this has gotten me all emotional! I love you so so much! Thank you for constantly supporting me in this wonderful life we have been creating and sharing together! 😘
Welcome to STEEMIT Jamie, glad to see Keni got you to start sharing some of your stories as well! :)
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Welcome to Steem @iamjamie I have upvoted and sent you a tip
Awwww thank you! I greatly appreciate it Botty! 😘
Welcome to steemit @iamjamie., Keep working well, hopefully in steemit we know each other, to add friends from different parts of the country .. I am so glad you join here, I feel have a friend again, hopefully in this steemit we support each other With the best work we have, best regards @ibel20.
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Hi @iam .. I @levinne welcome your arrival in steemit, hopefully in this steemit we can support each other, and know each other, I think you are a very good writer, I am waiting for your best work in this steemit, my best regards @levinne , If you like my comment follow and upvote, i will do the same thing to you. thanks.
Welcome to Steemit @iamjamie, I have upvoted and sent you a tip. Check my blogs if you are looking for tips on how to earn more Steem and SBD.
Thank you so much! Will definitely check out your posts! I'm always looking for tips and tricks on how to write the best posts I can!
welcome Iamjamie ;) Glad to see more people like you - here joining steemit ! Becoming a steamian is a great adventure ! Here you can win money while bloging! At the beginning it wouldn't be easy, but it isn't impossible. So just write from your heart and everything will be allright. ! Cheers! Greetings, @khunpoom !
Thank you for your support! While yes I would love to earn money from my posts and what not on here it's not my focus. Not right now anyways. I am currently focused on sharing my experiences and knowledge with people and making new friends along the way! 😍
What a genuinely lovely post, welcome to Steemit. I'm new on here too, and feeling more than a little lost, but it's nice to see a new person on here who seems to put some heart into their waving hello to the world post.
I'm gonna go follow you now, I would love to keep reading your words.
Your comment means a lot to me! Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post and see the heart I put into it. Going to also check out what you have been writing! Us newbs gotta stick together and help each other along the way! Sending you all the love!
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STOPA warm welcome upvote & resteem for you Jamie.
Great to have you with us here ;)
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Thank you so much Sam! It's great to be here and finally feel like a steemian now!
Hi, I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community! Nice post, Wish you much luck! (remember to follow me 😜 )
Thank you so much! I appreciate your support!
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Welcome to steemit @iamjamie, you'll do fantastic here
Thank you sweets! Hopefully you are right though really I'm just focused on sharing stories and knowledge and meeting some neat people! Earning money is just a bonus! Would be nice though if at some point this could fund my life! Eeek! Exciting things are happening!
Welcome!!! Have fun on Steemit, you will like it ;-)
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Thank you so so much! Hugs right back from England! 😊
Congratulation to join to Steemit @iamjamie ...show your best work here and enjoy.
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LOL... welcome to Steemit @iamjamie ! I am glad that you have set Kai before perfection as I have learned from listening to all my friends, when you have a child, perfection has to be thrown out of the window.
Enjoy your motherhood, and enjoy the company of the warm Steemit community. Looking forward for more posts from you in the future!
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Thank you for the lovely welcome and yes motherhood changed a lot in my life, of course, and throwing out the idea of perfection is definitely one of them! Feeling all the love! Hoping to post something new at least once a week! 😍
Hi Jamie.... Nice to meet you... Very interesting intro post that you been writing for almos 8 months.... Your Kai is very cute and lovely... you are also very pretty... you got a very lovely family.... I upvoted you... I hope you will do great here as a steemian.... Follow me @onority...
Thank you very much @onority I am so happy that I finally got the courage to post it! Excited to continue hitting that post button on a regular basis! ❤️
Thats the spirit..... :)
nice to meet you Jamie - nice first post
Hehehehe! Thanx Bob! Glad you enjoyed it 😍
Glad to see you posting! The first post I saw of Keni's was about body positive moms with you and Kai! No reason to be overly critical of ourselves, we are all perfect imperfections. :)
Yes I agreee completely! Just took quite awhile for me to come to that conclusion! Thank you so much for all the support and encouragement! 😘
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Holy beegeezes! That's pretty cool! Thanx for sharing this with me!
I have a daughter going through the same things. Her daughter is now 2 years old.
I go in rounds with perfectionism.
She and I have come to a few conclusions.
The first is that perfectionism is a form of escapism. As long as we are working on an "important project" (at least in our heads it's important) that has to be "perfect" then we have reasons to avoid whatever else is infinitely more disturbing.
Sometimes, a lot, the most disturbing thing being avoided, is the fear of rejection.
Somehow, we get it ingrained into us that others can only be pleased by perfectionism. And yet the truth is, most people around us don't know the difference between perfect and imperfect ... with the flip side being "you can't please all the people all the time"
Secondly, as you have surely experienced, perfectionism leads to shut down.
Third, my daughter and I are a bit ADD (to give an understatement) and when we find we can focus on something, we tend to latch on to that something with a thing called "hyperfocus". It can look like perfectionism (or OCD). In this moment the perfectionism is a relief from all the constant confusion we live in, because in the moment we only have one focus, one objective. You may, or may not, relate to this.
At any point. Perfect is indeed the great allusion and I'm thrilled you're walking away from it!
Thank you for the thoughtful comment! I definitely relate to this! I think until recently the fear of rejection or not being good enough has gotten the best of me but now it just doesn't matter so much to me. The most important thing is being the best mom I can be and setting a good example for me son. So in doing that I'm setting aside the idea of perfection and doing the things I want and simply doing my best in each moment! So much love to you and your daughter! ❤️
I'm sorry it took so long to find your reply! Thank you for the love'n ! Let's try keeping each other bumping along down the road :) Please know that the stream of posts in here runs as fast as FB or wherever. So, please please know that you are more than welcome to come leave me a comment on any of my posts that says, "Thinking of you! Come see what I did today!" and leave me a link too! I'm watching you as best I can though ;)
Oh my goodness gracious you are too sweet! Thank you so much! Same for you cause yes things definitely go fast in my feed. Not as fast in my comments though 😊
I love when comments go like that! And thank you very much. Have you seen how to stay out of trouble with @ cheetah? You can find my version here
Thanx! Will check that out right now! ❤️
Welcome to Steemit @iamjamie you sound like you will fit in very well here at Steemit!
Thank you and I think so too!
welcome to the club. 😃😃😃
nice to see you here. lets the blogging started. 😃
i am waiting for your post about child care, so that i can have some knowledge before i am having one. 😃😃
Will be posting about baby stuff soon-ish. Thanx for all the support! ❤️
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Thank you so much! Loving it here!
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Welcome Jamie. Like you I am fairly new to Steemit and Sam Stonehill mentioned you and recommended to follow you, as you too have many astonishing revelations to share. So here we are...Following you now with a smile. Welcome Jamie.
Oh my goodness I am totally blushing! Thanx for following! Hope I live up to everything Sam has said! Welcome to you too btw! Hope you enjoy it here as much as I do! Sending lots of love to you!
Welcome Jamie. Yes, I can relate to what you said..."I am now a new place in my life where I refuse to allow perfection to prevent progress..." He, he, he... welcome to the church of perpetual astonishment... Samuel Stonehill recommended you and I had a look at your posts and like what I have seen so far. Being new to Steemit I am still finding myself thru the maze...for now this is to say love your introduction and follow you. Have a magic day