First of all I know, its been a while since my last confession haha! I've been a tad busy though so please forgive me. I have taken up a few jobs since we spoke last including:
Dairy Farmer - on tap 24hrs a day!
Personal Chef
Huggies Investor, application specialist and poo extractor
Laundry Lady
Garbage Man
Children's Entertainer - booked out indefinitely
Collector of toys
Owner of two small businesses
Taxi Driver
Master manipulator and negotiator with toddler
Personal Grocery Shopper
A fan of minions, paw patrol, Spiderman, Chicken Run and Sonic!
Whilst the list above is impressive I know... in all seriousness the mental load of motherhood is NEXT level. I know, I know... what they say is that we were born to do it, our mothers and grandmothers have been doing it for generations - so why is it so hard now. I'll tell you why it's so hard now... because the cost of living has gone up so much that we as women feel pressure to do it all.
We want to have careers but we want to stay home with our babies. We can't afford our houses and food without contributing to the family income. We have to send our kids to daycare when they are so little they have no immune systems. We then spend our income on day care fees combined with medicine from our mates at Terry White & Chempro just to survive the plagues our little ones bring home every second day. The vicious cycle of sick days we have to take when we return to work to then look after them completely defeats the purpose of going in the first place! Once we return to work we are expected to do all of the tasks above in the 1-2 hours we have before the kids go to bed. My experience was with one beautiful child - add two into the mix now and... sweet baby Jesus, ya girl is cooked!
What I want to say to you mama bears out there in the pits of parenthood, is hang in there, strap those double H cups in tightly and take the wins when you can. Today I'm feeling positive - daycare drop off was breezy (it's a Christmas miracle) and I'm two blissful coffees deep. I've just put away 50 loads of washing and as I sit here writing this masterpiece, I've realised you just have to be thankful for the little wins. Just know it won't last forever, you will survive and you will be able to go out for 700 cocktails at the Caile Hotel without the kids someday in the distant future.
Lastly, what is the go with the fashion at the moment. It's a sea of beige, white, denim and black. No colour to be seen anywhere - and winter is here! It's still 30 degrees on the Gold Coast like WTF! I went out to get some new clothes that fit my newly large pear shaped body and its crop tops and baggy jeans. I'm only 8 weeks postpartum from a c section so working out is out for another month or so, therefore I'm not gonna be one of those flogs that wears active wear and isn't active! So... on what planet would I be rocking a crop top and a pair of baggy jeans in this day and age - HILARIOUS... There is not a lot of gals my age that I can imagine after two kids would be comfortable rocking that look... There's a niche in the market, maybe business number 3! Clothes that fit women with bodies, boobs, bums and COLOUR! That's all for now - just some insights and laughs from a forth trimester mama in the pits of postpartum.
Thanks for reading and if you got this far here's a cheeky 25% off code to shop the new arrivals: CHEEKY
Love ya... PS... here is a cute picture of my girl Honey. The name is inspired by the amazing dance movie starring Jessica Alba!
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