If I've heard it once, I've heard it a million times- 'oh you've got two under 'x' months? Oh your life will be over now!' (As they smile smugly). Sometimes when I spend my day saying 'Rosie, no', 'Rosie don't steal Alexander's socks again', 'Rosie stop throwing tampons down the toilet again' or 'Rosie, don't squeeze Alexander so tight!' It may well feel like that and to the outsider certainly look as though 'her life is OVER' 😔. But in reality, these little instances and the stresses which go hand and hand with parenthood make it all that little bit more fun(ny) and interesting. Every day when Rosie and Alexander grow and learn, I can quite honestly say I am growing and learning too (my husband may say growing due to too many coffee and cake meet ups and learning how to spend his hard earned salary!!!). Before Rosie growing into the cheeky, hilarious and gorgeous little toddler she is now,I don't know when I last held a paint brush to draw and play (probably when I was bottom of the class in 2nd year art and design at Balwearie High School!) or melted chocolate to make little love heart gifts (probably never). It's little things like this that remind me that my life isn't over as some may say. I'm learning and I'm loving the daily fun we have. I took Rosie out for a drive last week when Alexander was having one of his 'I'm not going to sleep, I'm going to scream and cry about how tired I am, but I AM NOT going to sleep'! We ended up driving to Leslie and up and over the country roads around the Lomond Hills. There were fields upon fields of sheep and Rosie was fascinated. We stopped the car and waved 'hello' at them. Rosie learned that the sheep say 'baa' and found this hilarious. She is now obsessed with 'sheep spotting' and saying 'baa' at any sheep. Such a simple activity brought me so many smiles. I don't know when, before then, I last stopped the car and enjoyed our countryside or an animal so widely on show in Scotland as a sheep! I could go on and on and on about our daily experiences, but I don't want to bore you too much! Even when Rosie steals tampons and shoves them down the toilet or watches me shaving my legs, so sources a razor (!!!) to try and shave hers (don't worry, there was no blood and no injury - I'm a sensible and quick off the mark mum!), I laugh it off. May sound cheesy, but my life isn't over, in my eyes, it's only just beginning!
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Pauline
2/25/2014 01:27:21 am
Here here Lauren, great attitude and approach, your a fabby mummy px
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