Welcome to The Mom Flow, where I share things that are on my mind in the hopes of helping you connect to your Mom Flow. Thanks for being here! —Erin Sousa
Leaning into friendships
Let me tell you what we need to do more of in life. Monday dinners with your girlfriends! Getting out of bedtime is a flex and we did just that. My sweet friends treated me to a little birthday celebration at a fave spot of mine and it was such a mood booster for the whole week. It’s rare at my age for ppl to make an effort about your bday and it meant so much to me! Growing up as a summer baby and on a long weekend, I never had big bday parties bc everyone was always out of town so I kind of always missed out, even though my mom always made it so special. That has always stuck with me. Every mom needs girl time and it’s so easy to deprioritize it but it’s so enriching – just talking through some mom struggles I’ve been having lately with Lola’s development and getting their take was something I realized I rarely do, but it was so helpful! So easy to get in our own heads about this momming stuff, and we don’t connect enough IRL with our “village”. Seek out these convos however you can!
My little social butterfly
I spoke on this in my IG stories, but I’ve been feeling like Lola needs more social time. She is the biggest social butterfly ever, like we are talking J. Lo proportions, and loves making friends and playing so much. I have this mild guilt about her being an only child, and last weekend, we went to the park, just she and I. She was trying so hard to play with different kids at the park but none of them were into it and she came over to me so defeated and said “no one wants to be my friend”. Heart. Smash. I know I can’t bubble wrap her but it made me want to try harder for her to make connections with kids her age. I’m going to work harder at setting up play dates and making her socialization a priority. (the pic in this post is from a playdate this week – wanted to be ‘that mom’ and do some really good snacks. Love this snackle box so much!)
Fall fashion picks
Lots of questions in my DM’s lately about fall fashion, what I’m buying, what I recommend, especially shoes! I am not one to overdo it with buying new things buuut I do like to update my wardrobe every season with some on-trend pieces (I don’t overdo trends, as you know… I find the fast fashion cycle is moving way too quickly these days and I don’t want to hop on every micro trend there is.
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