“I was growing exhausted trying to keep up with our mom/baby social calendar…as much as I loved being around my mommy tribe, I was ready to rediscover what I wanted to do — and that meant something that wasn’t connected to my identity as a wife or mother.”

This post originally appeared on Scary Mommy 3/8/2017

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I’ve Put A Moratorium On Playdates — It’s Time For Mom To Carve Out Some Time For Herself Instead