Anyone else feeling the pressure over Christmas?

I’m sorry. Sending you love. Hope you were able to find some happiness in today. ❤️

This is half of the reason why parenting was easier 30/40 years ago. The pressures nowadays and how we’ve been conditioned to feel about things is disgraceful. Our brains are now wired up to be competitive without knowing it, to follow trends without knowing it and to live a ‘perfect’ aesthetic life. It’s really sad and it’s no surprise that most of us are miserable and find parenting so hard. The social pressure for mothers now especially is not healthy. I unfortunately don’t have an answer to feeling better because I feel the same as you. It’s just sad for us really. I think a lot of people will feel the same, whether they admit it or not 🫶🏻

In the end it will be worth it for your child to look back on but I guarantee in matching pjs or potato sacks, a huge Christmas or a small one, pots of presents or a few your child will only care about the time spent with you and you being happy. Think back to your own childhood. Did your parents do all of these things ? Were holidays still special to you ? Are they still nostalgic now ? I took photos but my decor is not social media worthy. I didnt wrap the gifts. My baby is too young to appreciate wrapping lol

Yess I felt so much anxiety it’s overwhelming and they don’t even know what’s going on I’m glad it’s over

I get it. I think the best thing you can do is just decide what is the most important to you and go from there. I usually pick a few different crafts and activities in the lead up to Christmas that I want to do with my kids. We aren’t doing it for socials, we are doing it to spend quality time together. We have fun but we don’t go overboard with expectations. Think about what things and traditions are really important to share with your kid(s) and forget trying to be perfect!