Hi everyone!

If you are new to our Mom Talk community, welcome!  For those of you who have been a part of our Facebook group, thank you for making Mom Talk such a wonderful source of information, community and support!

Let me introduce myself. My name is Rebecca although these days I answer 95% of the time to “Mom!”.  Five years ago my life as I knew it came to a crashing halt as my beautiful little Lucy was placed in my arms. As you all know but maybe won’t admit, it’s really scary!! Not only did my body just do something out of a horror film but I was now responsible for keeping this little human alive.

48 hours later and we were finally on our way home! I’m pretty sure my poor husband was driving 30k below the speed limit yet it felt like we were competing in The Indy 500. And so the paranoia began. The next 6 months were a blur, well kind of . I mostly remember the shock. The shock my sleepless body felt, the uncontrollable tears, the 28 diapers I changed in one day because I thought the faint blue stripe was judging me if I didn’t. I also remember feeling like a prisoner in my home, to naps, to feedings. Since becoming a mom I, like all of you, suffer from a serious and sometimes debilitating condition called ‘Mom Guilt’.  In fact, even as I write this I am suffering from ‘ Mom Guilt’. I really should say something nice right? Will people reading this think I don’t like my kids?  And even though my life no longer belongs to me I should say all the pros out weigh the cons… right?

Ok back to reality…

Anyways I had questions, lots of questions! The problem was,  pre-motherhood,  I use to hate seeing posts about other people’s kids sh** but now I needed the sh** question answered. I needed a solution, so I created a group, added about 10 of my mom friends and poof , ‘MOM TALK’ was born.  Five years later, 5000+ local moms and a whole lot of questions and answers, this is exactly what I needed .

‘Mom Talk ‘ has no limits.  There really isn’t a question that hasn’t been asked by someone.  Its hilarious, disgusting, heartwarming, hilarious, informative, supportive and did I say hilarious??  I mean where else can you post a picture of your child’s poop and get 75 (kind) comments. I sometimes feel like a celebrity by people’s reactions when they find out I started ‘Mom Talk’. Pathetic I’m aware, but I’m going with it.

So after making it through the first 6 months (ish) and my body adjusting to 2.5 hours of sleep per night, I finally felt 1/2 human again. I’m pretty certain I scared 80% of friends off of ever having children. In fact, my sister recently told me that ‘ Mom Talk’  itself could scare most people from taking the plunge… I get it.  Its hard, really hard, but its also amazing, really amazing. So amazing that I did it all over again and this time when the doctor laid my beautiful baby Charlie in my arms I was aware of what was to come so it made it a little less traumatic.  Life as a stay at home mom of two is wild, crazy,  horrible, fun, tiring and really great. I was forced to step outside my comfort zone and find things to fill our days . I feel so lucky to have met some really great ‘mom friends’ ( you know the kind you actually want to have a drink with when kids aren’t around) these past couple years, who make being a mom way less scary. I had no idea the amount of resources and activities there were in this city until I went looking. Through speaking with other moms I was able to fill up our days with fun and interactive activates for both of my kids, which as you all know is key in a 35 hour day.

‘Mom Talk the Blog’ was inspired by a few things. 1) I wanted to create a place for moms to come and see what is happening in this city, both big and small. 2) I wanted an organized space to keep useful information shared by all of you from our Facebook group.  3) I wanted to celebrate and make light of , the good, the bad and the ugly truth of parenthood. 4) Most of all I was inspired by all of you and your ability to consistently create content that I then can use here! So thank you and keep the questions coming!

Thanks so much for following along, lots of exciting things to come!

xo Rebecca aka “Mom!”