Before children you are solely responsible for yourself. It’s just you yourself and well… sleep. What happens next is your own story to tell, but mine included Mike and his dreamy eyes, and what felt like a biological urgency to pro create before I was ‘too old’. ‘Too old’ in a concept lost on me…
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I’m just not that kind of mum: Baby classes
I just had this feeling that I just didn’t fit in. Didn’t fit in to the typical maternity leave tribe of mums who have a full week of scheduled baby focused groups to attend and without fail rock up and take full advantage of what’s on offer. Didn’t fit in to the chit chat which…
The reality of having a newborn baby: Breaking down
Becoming a parent is the hardest thing you will ever do. Whether you have climbed a mountain, finished a PhD or have built a house with your own bare hands. Parenting trumps that, easy. No one really tells you how hard it is, just that it is hard. And so like a surprise party where…