New Mummy Confessions

It can’t be me.  Standing there exposed I examine the person staring back at me; rolls of skin all covered in stretch marks, empty eyes with tell-tale circles around them, unwashed hair that has been left unattended for too long, rashes and blemishes picked till red and bleeding…who is this person and why are they in my mirror? For 10 months all I could focus on was my pregnancy, doing everything…

Sick of being tired. Tired of being sick.    It’s time for me to look after myself so I can look after my daughter and to be the best role model for her that I can be.  I need a change, a kick start I know will put me on the path to glowing health and vitality.  I am so grateful that I have been introduced to an amazing 24 day program I know works as I have seen friends results first hand. I am…

Confession #10. Having a baby won’t change our lives that much…will it?

I knew things were going to be a bit different after having our daughter, I just wasn’t prepared for how different life was going to be; How much my relationship with my husband would be affected and strained; how much I would miss my freedom and how alone Motherhood would make me feel.  Until you become new parents you can not fully comprehend the life changes that come with having a baby. I was…

Confession #9. I will never let my baby use technology or eat processed food…Im a perfect Mum.

I used to be the perfect Mother….until my little turtle was born. I was never going to let MY baby watch T.V or play with my phone as a distraction! She is going to be outside all the time in the fresh air and sunshine, and reading by the age of 2 … (well that could still happen 😁)  She also was never going to have ANY sugar and will live off organiclly grown veggies and meat products. I will…

It’s 3am and you are stuggling to stay awake while you feed your newborn for the  hundreth time that night. What do you do? Go on your phone and research everything you can to try and understand you new bubba and if what you are going through is normal. Then you come across a new swaddle or a cd that guarantees to help your baby sleep. And thanks to the convenience of paypal you just click that…

Confession #7. I’m safe in these four walls, I’m never going to leave this house.

Anxiety – irrational fear. But it is a fear that is paralysing, both physically and emotionally. It is a fear that makes your heart race, makes your stomach turn, fills your eyes with tears, your palms get sweaty, you feel like you are trapped – stuck in the paralysis of anxiety. I have had anxiety attacks in the past but nothing like what I experienced when I had a newborn. I broke down in…