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photographySiobhan WattsApril 8, 2018wordless
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It’s so easy when you have kids to spend a lot of your time being tired and emotional and cranky and spent in every way you can imagine that you forget to take a moment and remember how lucky you are to have these people (big and small) in your life. It’s ok not to feel grateful for every moment, it’s ok to be tired and annoyed and short tempered and to fantasise wildly about the next time you get to sleep 8 hours alone in a bed. it’s ok if some days are just about survival, if you don’t always feel like you’re as happy or as much fun as you’d like to be and It’s ok for time to drift past you in a sleep deprived haze. It’s ok to lose your temper and to cry and to not be your best self, to point score and to nit pick and to not be nearly as kind and loving as you could be towards those you actually love the most. But maybe today, you check yourself. Tell your family you love them and that you’re grateful for them. Thank them for all that they do and all that they are. But most of all, remember that the person who needs to hear those things the most is yourself. From one mama to another, you’re doing great ✨
I’ve been wondering for ages how to come back to this space. I’m either too sleep deprived to find the words or my hands are too full to find the time. So instead of some grand post, I’m just gonna share this one of a few things that are making me happy today...fitting back into my old Levi’s at 4 months postpartum, my trusty 3 year old birks, and a trip to my favourite plant shop in town. I didn’t come away with any new babies, but I’ve got my eye on a few Calatheas to add to my plant family 🌱 So, what’s making you happy today? I’d love to hear.
She took her time, but she was worth every agonising moment of the wait. Eilidh Sue, born Thursday 28th March at 12.05pm, 8.8lbs. ✨ Considering the wild way she entered the world, she’s a mighty calm little human. My waters broke on Wednesday afternoon, there was meconium in them so a home birth was off the cards from the get go. I laboured in the water in hospital, unmedicated until 10am the following day when my body and mind finally gave in. Her head was stuck, chin to chest, so one epidural and a lengthy C-section later she entered the world. She almost broke my body, but every day of her is making me anew. 🌿 Birth will never cease to amaze me. The limits a body is capable of going to, but yet how fast it heals. Eilidh Sue, you were the biggest challenge of my life for 10 long months, but now I’ve met you I am grateful for every second 🖤 #eilidhbird ✨ I have to also say, I couldn’t have done any of this without the support of the actual superwoman that is @doula_holly she did every minute of my labour with me, squeezing my hips, encouraging me, spending every ounce of her patience, love and energy on me and I will be forever grateful.
I’ve always loved making things, but this last stage of my pregnancy has me filled with the urge to make things constantly. To create, to keep my hands busy, to distract my mind and to keep me doing something that feels productive because I am just not that person that can sit around and watch tv all day. These last few weeks have been a mix of emotions for me, but amongst the frustrations of being overdue it has been lovely to have some time to myself to make stuff and learn some new skills too. I’ve been tie dyeing (and learning that I need to just get stuck into natural dyeing because I really dislike almost all the cold water dye colours), knitting and teaching myself to weave. All things I never thought I’d have time to do because I was so convinced this baby was coming early...I’m almost 41 weeks now so clearly she has other ideas! Are you a maker? Or someone that always needs a project on the go? What are you making right now, or perhaps something you’d love to make if you had the time?
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