Can we stop with the mom guilt and shaming?
I had a baby about 6 weeks ago, tonight my boyfriend and I left our little guy with his grandparents and went to an early (5:00) dinner for the first time since we had him. While at dinner we were seated next to and about the same time as a girl I know. My boyfriend doesn’t drink and never has, I decided what the hell and decided to order a spiked seltzer with dinner. As soon as it was brought to the table, the girl I knew goes “where’s your baby?” And we just said oh he’s at his grandparents so we could go to dinner and she kinda rolled her eyes and then we heard her loudly say something along the lines of “she just had a baby and is drinking, that’s classy” that kinda hurt my feelings but I just brushed it off and then l was scrolling through Facebook while my boyfriend was driving us to get our son and I saw her post a status talking about moms who leave their kids so they can go out drinking don’t deserve to have kids.
I know that I shouldn’t let it bother me because I know I’m a good mom and I know this is the first time I’ve drank and I know that I only had 1 but the guilt and shame I’m feeling is unreal.
I feel like such a terrible person, my boyfriend keeps telling me I’m not and I’m a good mom and I know the truth but I still just feel so terrible and I can’t believe I’m letting this girl get under my skin.
Moms deserve alone time too
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