Life of a yummy baby ... and now there are 2!!!!!

Life is truly energetic for an 8-month old baby. When Morgan wakes up in the morning, his happy face lights up as if to say: TODAY is going to be so exciting! I wonder what fun I'm going to get!




He looks at his mummy and goes 'babababa' as if to say : 'What shall we do today? Are we swimming, singing, walking, or going to the ball park?' So no matter how tired I feel (which seems like most of the time), I will drag myself out of bed and get on with the day!

Most people (especially dads) seem to think that being a mum is like having a dream-job. I think it's because mums seem to be able to get up late in the mornings, have coffee breaks and naps throughout the day and don't get told off by anyone. Of course dads feel that this cannot be worse than them being at work (but at least they're paid!). But a mother's job is so much more , and it's wageless too .... simple activities like feeding - can easily take up all day. Now that he's on solids, there's the preparation, the cooking, the freezing and de-frosting ... so many stages! Sometimes I wish that I could breast-feed forever. At this stage, they are not just messy but slow eaters too! At other times they can be messy with a strop!

Then of course the daddies come home smiling and looking forward to play baby-swinging activities while mums have been putting up with the whinging and crying all day long.

And if anything there's also the tidying, cleaning and washing (especially with smelly nappies urghh!) to catch up on in between - where got time for naps? So the going-out-and-having-fun option is sometimes better than the staying-home-and-going-mad option. Afterall, dads can be mums for a day but mums can never resign from being mothers.