Sometimes Sweet: In With The Intro
by Danielle Hampton
Hello, HelloGiggles readers! I’m Danielle and I’m here to share some Mama perspective on a bi-monthly basis. To give you some background, I’m a twenty-something (that’s a nice way of saying LATE twenties… okay, 29) high school English teacher turned stay at home Mom to a little dude named Henry. I also blog full-time over at Sometimes Sweet. Henry’s a little over 6 months now and is the coolest person in the world, and my husband and I find ourselves high-fiving each other daily over how awesome we did at making this baby!
And being a Mom? Insane. I always knew I wanted to be one, but wanting to be one and being one are such different things.
First of all, I had this vision of how I wanted my birthing experience to go. I read the books, visited the websites and picked out the perfect songs to play on my iPod as I push-push-pushed my baby boy into the world. I envisioned looking up at my husband, my brow glistening with perspiration (not sweat, of course), saying “I love you so much” as our son was gently placed into my arms, complete with low lighting and everything feeling oh-so-serene. What really happened? I found myself hanging half naked from a birthing bar, squatting and writhing around like an animal and probably sounding like one too. I managed to avoid too much cursing at my husband but there may have been an incident where I threw a thermometer at a nursing student. MAY have been. There was no music, but if there was, the only suitable choice would have been Hatebreed. There was blood, there was sweat and the entire twenty-four hour experience ended in an emergency c-section where little Henry made his arrival very quickly by the hands of the wonderful doctor on call.
But childbirth is childbirth whichever way it happens and while I thought that my experience would have been much different, Henry arrived safely and I couldn’t be happier. And actually, the entire process was incredibly beautiful, all joking (and animal sounds) aside. That’s kind of been the theme for being a parent though – I’ll have this idea of how I want something to be and then the reality of the situation is so much different. With it though has come this new mindset, a new flexibility. Expectations versus reality. My perfectionist tendencies have had to go right out the window and I’m kind of enjoying venturing into the unknown.
I’m looking forward to writing about my adventures in motherhood in this space – the good, the bad, the weird, the funny. And I swear, more “weird” things have been happening since I’ve become a Mom. From the odd lady at my stroller boot camp class getting all “mom-petitive” with me to creepy old ladies trying to touch my baby (hands off, granny), we’ll be getting into it right here. Awesome! So if you’re a mama too, say hello! Or if you’re a mama-to-be, one-day-in-the-future mama, or whatever, say hi too. So excited to get to know each of you!
xoxo,
Danielle
Danielle Hampton is a high school English teacher turned stay-at-home Mom, living the small town life in Arizona. She blogs daily at Sometimes Sweet and tweets too much via @danihampton.
06.01.2011 |
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So exciting! When I found out I was going to be a mom, I started following Sometimes Sweet, for research, of course
I’m excited to follow along here, as well!
danielle is one cool chick…
This is awesome! Love the post Danielle!!
I think I’m really going to love this section. Not a mom, but I’m a very proud auntie of a beautiful niece, nephew and soon-to-be-born nephew
Can’t wait to hear more about your experiences.
So far, so good
Awww, this is such a sweet article! I will definitely be checking out your blog- I am totally baby crazy right now!
So awesome Danielle! Congrats
I’m so exited for more of these posts. I’m even more excited to have a new blog to follow. Sometimes Sweet is officially bookmarked on my computer!
danielle, i love this! what a great first post, i’m excited for this new column you are doing <3
Awesome Danielle! I look forward to reading more! xo
Awesome article lady!!
Danielle is amazing<3
This is so AMAZING Danielle!! Congratulation!!
great Job Danielle!! <3
“There was no music, but if there was, the only suitable choice would have been Hatebreed.” That made me LOL. I can’t wait to read your stories.
Wahoo. Love her! Great post.
So excited for you to be here Danielle!!
~Andrea @ http://hecallsmewifey.blogspot.com/
She’s totally awesome and can’t wait to read more
great post! get’s me excited to be a mom…one day
OOOhhh! So happy to see you on here! You right the best stuff…even for not mommies!
what a lovely family! your little dude is sooo adorable.
Oh this sounds wonderful!!!! I do need some advice!
Danielle es tan hermosa
Inspira a cualquiera!
She is such an amazing momma!
So excited to get to know you! I’m a fellow mama (my girl is
and I love reading other mama expriences. It’s such a wild trip, isn’t it?
Congratulations on the new column! Will be reading it as religiously as Sometimes Sweet
Love love love this! Danielle is fantastic <3
so thrilled for you, mama! <3
I love that so many of my favorite internet ladies are now involved with Hello Giggles. Yay!
I am super excited to read your mama- perspective updates. I am also a 29 year old mama (who happened to be in her 3rd year of school to become an English teacher when she got pregnant). It will be nice to read parenting/mama stuff from someone more similar to myself.
Cheers!
I am so excited you’ll be writing here! I cannot wait.
<3
I am looking forward to hearing from you!
yay! glad to know other moms are on here too, was a little convinced this site may be for singles and or younger than me’s only
psyched to hear your perspective!
The more mamas the better!
So happy you’re here too!
Yay! Arizona!
Late 20s high school social studies teacher with a 10-month old daughter here. Looking forward to the posts.
Oh wow, I was so happy to stumble across Danielle on here! I’ve fallen out of the blogging world, but was a heavy reader of Sometimes Sweet! So awesome you’ll be on here too–can’t wait to hear about all your experiences.
I look forward to read your posts, Danielle
I’m 26 and really want to be a mum. A stay-at-home one too. And like the perfectionist you once were, I sort of have my own expectations. Post more! So much I can learn from you. And ooh,beautiful photo you’ve got there 
I’m very interested to read your posts, Danielle. I’m a brand-new mommy (3 weeks) and while I am only on maternity leave for a couple months, I so desperately want to never return to work again! I’m too in love with this baby to leave her in the hands of another for 9 hours a day. So, I will live through you, if you don’t mind.
LOL, I just took the music of my IPOD that I specifically selected to play at the hospital and completely forgot about .
I follow your blog too! I was so excited to see my home town represented on a new favorite website! Can’t wait to see what you bring, even if I’m not a mother yet
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