Am I doing enough?

This question haunts me as a new mother. Is my baby getting enough stimulation? Too much stimulation?

Enough sleep? Too much sleep?

Enough milk? Too much milk?

My life revolves around these questions. I sit on my couch while my baby naps, scrolling through an Instagram feed full of baby nutritionists and physical therapists, a Facebook feed of cloth diapering groups and breastfeeding support. 

The amount of information and advice is staggering. I follow sleep experts and movement specialists. I belong to a Facebook group for mums who are exclusively pumping, and several for mums who are exclusively breastfeeding. I belong to a natural sleep (i.e. cosleeping) group and a safe sleep (i.e. anti-cosleeping) group. My phone’s camera roll is a wasteland of screenshots of advice and infographics (plus approximately 80 million pictures of my daughter, of course). All in search of the answer to that question—am I doing enough? 

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