The 3 Hardest Times Of Being A Single Mom By Choice During The First Year

There are countless times where my heart explodes with love for my kid. When he dances to music, when he gets excited to see me, when we go on walks and he plays in the grass, when he laughs because I’m tickling him.

Becoming a single mom was the best decision I ever made, but there have also been some really challenging aspects of being a single mom:

  1. The first few months it’s only you. Figuring out being a parent, trying to keep the baby alive, recovering from a C-section when you can’t lift anything heavier than the baby, trying to find time to nurse/pump, cooking dinner when the baby wants to be held, trying to squeeze in a shower before the baby wakes up again

  2. When you’re both sick. All you want to do is rest, but your kid somehow has more energy than usual and they use it to wreak havoc unlike what you have ever experienced before.

  3. Affording childcare. It’s around $1,500 - $1,600/month for a decent daycare (not the really bougie ones, those are more)