by Brandy Seay

Created on: June 23, 2009

How to cope with new mommy boredom

We are so excited to bring that new baby home. We make so many plans about reading, singing and playing with our new little bundle of joy. Then the reality sets in, infants sure do sleep a lot. For me, this was compounded with the fact that I developed insomnia after my second child.

I am a stay at home mother of two boys. My days are filled with cartoons and G-rated everything. I so desperately needed some intellectual adult time. Most of my friends work full time jobs and everyday was starting to feel like the same. I had fallen into a routine of taking care of my children and my home, day after day with nothing more and nothing less. I would not change it for the world, being with my children but when you have to remind yourself to take a shower, you might need something more. After all, how many times can you check your emails? How did I cope with new mommy boredom? I found the website

www.Helium.com and after reading a few articles and seeing what it was all about I started writing on Helium. I have no literary background. I am not a published author. I am just a girl who writes my heart out while my children are napping. I again had goals other than making sure I showered today. I wanted a star for my writing ability. I just received my first star. Now I want two stars, we will see how that goes.

Writing on Helium is so fulfilling for me. I feel like it is my secret world, my secret getaway where I can be a grown up again. While, I have not shared my articles with many except for the other people at Helium, I feel like this has pulled me out of the "mommy slump." I was scared at first because who was I to write on a website, I was just a stay at home mom. When one of my articles got a pretty good rating it was so exciting. This made me want to write more and more to see how my next article would get rated and what about the one after that?

I think that as parents we give everything we have to make sure our children are happy and nurtured and it is so easy to forget about ourselves. I felt like my entire existence was based on the happiness of my family and there was no time for me. I think this contributed to the Baby Blues. We have to be happy with ourselves to ensure happiness in our home. The knowledge that I have gained from reading articles on Helium is priceless. I feel that I am a very opinionated person so where better to get my opinions heard? I again feel like a contributing member of society outside of my home without ever leaving my home. I have the best of both worlds.

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