Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Bounce bounce bounce

So here I am busy blogging while I have one leg off the side of my bed, bouncing while breastfeeding my almost 5 month old daughter. Seriously multitasking!

This is her preferred method of going to sleep and I am happy to do it if it means she will fall asleep easier. I have so much work to do which cannot be done from my phone. So baby falling asleep faster means I can get to other things quicker. The house is a wreck as well. Thank goodness our domestic cleaner is coming tomorrow. Being a mom to two daughters is proving to be a full time job that only ends when I am in bed. Even then I sleep for only a few hours before the next feed. I am not complaining at all, I love all of this and am so grateful to be at home. Just pisses me off that some people say to Moms, "Oh, so you just stay at home all day?"

No, I dont just stay at home all day.. I look after a baby, I look after a 4 year old, I help run my husband's business and I clean the house and cook. Okay, some would say my cooking skills are not the greatest but I still cook.

Okay baby is asleep now, best I get back to it all. So much to do. So little time.

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Busy Little Bee

Oh wow, where do I begin. Its been so long since I have blogged.

I had my Baby!! A beautiful little princess called Haven Lily Roberts. She was born 49cm and weighing 3,6 kgs. She is just too gorgeous for words. She is now 4 months old. The time has gone by so fast.

We are at the stage right now where she wants lots of cuddles and attention (as any baby would), so work and household things have to take a back seat. I am trying real hard to get everything done in a day but time slips by so quickly that by the end of the day I feel like I have not managed much.

But truthfully I have, I have accomplished a lot. I have shared the day with my children, My eldest comes home from school in the afternoon and then I am very busy with them. I love it, I really love being a mother. I am already thinking of when I would like to have the next baby, to my Husband's horror (haha)!

I feel like I missed out so much with my first child. When she was barely 3 months old, she started creche full day. I had to go back to work to make ends meet. My husband and I worked all day and were lucky to spend a couple of hours with our child. We cherished the weekends but you feel so guilty that someone else is essentially raising your child.

I am so grateful this time around that I am able to be at home now. My husband makes that possible and I cannot thank him enough for all his hard work that allows me to do this. I am able to watch my baby grow and try make up for missed time with my eldest.

I am so happy being around babies and kids that I am looking into what it takes to become a doula or midwife. I would love to help Women, become Mothers. Its biggest and best transition that a person can make. It would be so wonderful to help someone else achieve that.

Baby has woken up from her nap. The next best part of my day is starting.