It's been one month since I gave birth to Baby Liam and gosh, how life has changed. For starters, no 9 - 6pm daily grind (albeit temporary whilst I look after the bub and give motherhood a real shot), days which are structured around the bub's feeds, nappy changes, playtime and cuddles. These days I'm happy if I get a solid 4 hours sleep which I think for a newborn is already quite the achievement!
I was chatting to my best friend the other day about how our kitchen rangehood had died on us in amongst minding the baby. When cooking is one of those things I love to do when I have that spare moment, it felt like my whole life had spun around (maybe a slight exaggeration but when you are homebound with a newborn - mum definitely needs something to keep her occupied). Otherwise, yes I will go and stare at the baby and watch the rise and fall of his chest just to make sure he's breathing (being so worried that I am that he's not ok in those moments when he's actually being good and giving me some rest time; it's crazy what it's like to be a mum). So at my friend's encouragement, she suggested I write things down to document my year with bub and thinking about it, it would be good to read back on these posts in a year's time to see how far along we've gone.
So here I am, 'Hello Grumpy Pants'. Grumpy Pants was the name I gave Liam within the first week we were back at home. Being a boy, he's ever so active, very quick to let mum know about a wet nappy or that he's hungry and whilst he'll shoot mum a smile or two every now and then, he can be a real grumpy pants (and he surely doesn't take after me)!
Happy 1 month Liam!
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