The anxiety of motherhood can be very challenging. I am an anxious mom for these top 5 reasons. Are you an anxious mom too?

The Anxiety of Motherhood

Have you ever sat on the floor with both kids in hand; while all of you are crying? Not really sure even why you are crying. I have.

And while I don’t consider myself to be an emotional person, I still find myself fighting with the anxiety of motherhood. I know that I am a generally anxious person but since being a mom is such a huge part of my life I am anxious about motherhood . . . a lot.

The anxiety of motherhood can be very challenging. I am an anxious mom for these top 5 reasons. Are you an anxious mom too?

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These are the times I am most anxious when it comes to motherhood.

1. Time sensitive moments

Getting out the door with two kids is definitely much different then if you are single! haha! Both of my kids don’t like being “still” in a car seat when it’s not moving. So not only getting in the car, but if I’m ever stopped at a light or stop sign my anxiety raises. like a lot.

Getting out the door typically goes something like this. I have to make sure all my diaper bag essentials are packed for and are ready to go. I grab waters for everyone. Snacks, you can’t forget the snacks. Toys. Keys. Run around to find wherever my phone went. Wrestle the boy down to get his shoes on. Pick up the girl since she was crying because I put her down to put the boy’s shoes on. Get my shoes on. Coats if weather demands it. Then at the very last second I put the girl into her car seat. I have to hold her on one arm and bounce her so she doesn’t get mad. Then juggle everything in my hands as I run out to the car before my son runs too far the other direction. I put the girl in the car then run to grab my toddler, then run back and buckle him in because the girl is going to get mad. Then I run into the front seat. Start the car and go! Hurry so the car isn’t stopped. And make sure not to stop at any stop signs or stop lights. Rights wherever possible!

Whew. My anxiety raised just thinking about that.

2. Discipline

Discipline does not come natural to me. I very very rarely get frustrated with my kids, and I never get mad. But I don’t know how to discipline my son effectively to show him I’m serious. For the most part I try to set appropriate boundaries where I feel is absolutely necessary, but then just let everything else go that isn’t a big deal.

But that’s all well and dandy until you are out with family and all of their kids are listening to their parents and your son is the only one who is laughing at me because he thinks my “serious face” is funny.

<if you could see my face, it would look something like this :/ >

Being around other mom’s or kids the same age as my son gives me so much anxiety because first I don’t know how to discipline, and second because it looks like my son doesn’t listen or isn’t as good as the others. Talk about high anxiety.

3. Food Intake

Oh boy, I don’t even know where to begin with this one. I have been battling both of my two kid’s food intake for what feels like forever. It’s too much, not enough, not the right of this or that….. blah blah blah.   The battle started out with nursing. My son ate too much and then would throw up so hard it came out his nose. A new mother with a new baby, that’s a lot of anxiety because I didn’t know what was causing it. I figured out it was too much milk.   But then when you think you aren’t feeding them enough, that is the most anxious time! Especially around the time when they start moving around, they don’t gain as much weight and then they don’t eat as much. Together you start to think you’re this horrible mom because you can’t get your kid to eat. Like anything!! It’s harrible!! {can anyone name that movie without looking at the link!?}

4. Stranger Danger

Stranger danger loosely meaning the anxiety a mom has when her kid is around other people. That could mean a number of things, like actual strangers. Or what about the time when your kid is around other kids who are sick. Does your anxiety raise through the roof? Or what about babysitting! Where do I start with babysitting. Since my husband works in a line of field where he hears about so many traumatic things happening to his clients, he is super paranoid about babysitters. Have you ever felt anxious when you are around other people and your kid doesn’t act the same? Some get extra hyper all of a sudden, or shy, or something like they forget all of their manners. I don’t know why, but my anxiety raises with this one because I want to say “this is not how he normally is!! If only you could see how he normally acts!”

5. My Insecurities

Above everything else, my anxiety of motherhood raises the most when it comes to my insecurities. I don’t know why I have them. I don’t know how to get rid of them. But the fact that there are days I feel like I’m failing gives me anxiety. I wish I could be better, I want to be better, I strive to be better, but I am not perfect. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I don’t try to work at what I’m not good at. There are days when my husband comes home and I get so excited to tell him, “hubby, hubby I rolled around on the floor with the boy and I wrestled, and I played outside, and we built legos and even though that does not come natural I still did it! I played! And I think the boy loved it!!” But there are many days when I know logically I am a great mom, but emotionally I feel like I am failing. And that gives me anxiety.

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I’ve noticed that anxiety is an interesting thing. It can capture someone in a moments notice and most of the time no one around them even knows. Anxiety can take shape in so many ways, and it show itself in many different forms. I don’t think anxiety is all that bad, it’s just hard to deal with when you have high levels of continual anxiety. 

I wonder sometimes, am I alone? Am I the only one who gets anxious about motherhood? Feel free to comment below or send me an email. I always love hearing from you.

 

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