This photo was taken a year ago, a few days after Isaac’s first birthday. It is a big middle finger to all the people who enjoy telling new mums something along the lines of “wait until they start crawling”, “looking after a newborn is the easy bit” or “this is only the start, you’ve got the worst to come”.
When you are in those early few weeks, recovering from pregnancy and labour, a hormonal mess and so sleep deprived beyond all belief, these words can send you in to a panic. You wondering how things could possibly get any tougher.
A year later and the husband is currently sorting dinner out whilst I ‘look after the child’. This consists of lying on the sofa drinking wine whilst the little guy tidies the living room before he heads off to bed. He loves hoovering and putting his blocks away, tidying up is just a big game to him. He may not be talking yet but he definitely finds ways to communicate. It’s wonderful getting feedback from him and I will adamantly tell any new parents struggling to cope with that crazy newborn stage… parenting definitely gets easier! 🍷😉
