Ok....I get it now!

So, to all new mums and long serving ones, there most likely has been a moment, or if not a couple of points in your life as a mum where you've suddenly realised, I just need to get on and do this, like overtime in the media industry I suppose, we are simply expected to do it, you get nothing extra for it financially, no one thanks you for it, but simply doing it and getting your job done is reward itself.

I've recently had an ear infection, called 'vertigo' honest....and it came at the same time Matt was doing some film driving work, which is LONG hours so we hardly saw him all week. Abi had the initial sleep through from beginning on solids, but then reverted back to waking every four hours and all this combined made for a pretty hard week for me, there was no one around to tell me every five minutes how well I was doing, as when you're that tired you really feel like you need validation THAT often! And there was no one to confide in on whether it was best to migrate onto sweet potato or parsnips, or whether she MIGHT take milk from a cup if not from a bottle (weaning off the boob is NOT as fun as weaning onto food, it's a SAD thing you have to do!!)

I know I have been completely and utterly spoilt having Matt around for the first few months, and I am sure it will never be like that again, as our lives will undoubtedly move on...anyway, as I said, the point is....I realised that as a mum, you just have to GET ON WITH IT, Abi may well thank me, in twenty years time if she is anything like me, (sorry mum, I did say thanks, THANKS, THANK YOU for everything, EVERYTHING you EVER did for me didn't I?), but for now it's just a matter of me knowing I am doing the best job I can...

Couple of pics above of Abi trying out new stuff from left: facing forwards in the sling for the first time and wearing Granddad’s gloves, sitting up on her own on the train, in a swing in the park!