I have ten minutes to write this. This is what my life has become. Short bursts of moments where I can fit in anything other than Looking After Baby. Therefore I write in short sentences.
I was thinking yesterday what a contrary experience parenting has been so far. Riddled with cliches yet everything a new discovery. I share these in short sentences;
You sleep less than ever before in your life yet have to do the most exhausting, non-stop work ever
Some days you wish your child to disappear but are filled with the most bone-chilling dread at the thought of it
Your brain is not engaged in the way it was prior to birth yet you are at your most intuitive
You long for your baby to stop crying and sleep but creep in to watch them breathe when they do
You collapse exhausted at the end of the day, relieved that the baby is asleep and you can have some time to yourself. An hour later, you start looking at photos of him/her on your phone
You miss them even though they are with you
Your relationship with your partner becomes tested to its very core and in being so, becomes stronger
You long to leave, to escape the four walls of parenting but on the days you have a baby free pass, you think about baby and hurry home.
My ten minutes are up. I'm back on duty.
I was thinking yesterday what a contrary experience parenting has been so far. Riddled with cliches yet everything a new discovery. I share these in short sentences;
You sleep less than ever before in your life yet have to do the most exhausting, non-stop work ever
Some days you wish your child to disappear but are filled with the most bone-chilling dread at the thought of it
Your brain is not engaged in the way it was prior to birth yet you are at your most intuitive
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| They take up your whole life and in doing so, your life changes |
You long for your baby to stop crying and sleep but creep in to watch them breathe when they do
You collapse exhausted at the end of the day, relieved that the baby is asleep and you can have some time to yourself. An hour later, you start looking at photos of him/her on your phone
You miss them even though they are with you
Your relationship with your partner becomes tested to its very core and in being so, becomes stronger
You long to leave, to escape the four walls of parenting but on the days you have a baby free pass, you think about baby and hurry home.
My ten minutes are up. I'm back on duty.
