I would never have ‘made it’ in a mum’s group full of Martha Stewart clones either but if a bit of honesty on my part couldn’t have coaxed these girls out of their neatly folded closets, I wouldn’t have let them beat me – I would have cheated!
For some It’s overwhelming ‘love at first sight’: “The moment I met Olivia ‘on the outside’ I thought, “Of course it’s you!” and fell instantly and totally in love with her. It was a total Earth Mother, mother lioness reaction, and one I could never have imagined the intensity of nor described before it happened. I was suddenly and absolutely prepared to do anything to protect her and told her at least every 5 minutes how much I loved her. Six years on, nothing has changed…”
For many women, this instantaneous bonding experience that Lucy describes with her baby daughter might sound like a romanticised ideal. While some mums feel cheated because they didn’t feel like this, others may simply wonder what women like Lucy are on about or see her as ridiculously overprotective or even, a little ‘balmy’. .
Teresa, a mum of two, had two starkly contrasting experiences with her two babies….
Another baby sales catalogue has arrived in our letterbox. The range of baby gear is overwhelming to me, let alone new or prospective parents: what is necessary? What could we do without? What might be really helpful? If I buy this fabulous looking cradle/swing/babyseat/high-chair/play-gym/change-table/stroller/walker/playpen/portacot (whatever), will it turn out to be a waste of money?
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