The Confessions Of A New Mummy

While I LOVE my little bundle of joy (currently 2 months old) it can be quite challenging to keep it ALL together, house chores included, when you have a little one hanging off your hip most of the time.

Here are my….. Confessions Of a New Mummy:


I sometimes don’t burp him. oops!….not good, I know it's just that I’m just so damn knackered at night.

I leave him in his nappies just a tad bit longer than I’m supposed to, not too long that his nappy is leaking and oozing or that he develops nappy rash, but just long enough to get FULL use out of the nappy. (this would make a great post on martin’s money saving tips)

As a matter of fact here you go  http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

I have to put him in his car seat in the bathroom with me just so I can take a shower and an eye on him at the same time otherwise leaving the house will become a myth and i’ll end up saying “sod this” and going back to bed.

I wish he would stop growing grrrrr he’s so cute at this age *one tear*.

When I’m down to his last clean bottle I pretend to be asleep so that hubby can wash & sterilize his dirty bottles that have been piling up all day and boil water ready for the nights pending struggle of bottle feeding (Don’t tell him please….im serious)

I used to be “spaghetti betty”  I.e. a skinny girl but I’ve gained some sexy baby weight which I pretend I’m not proud of just so that I don’t offend the actual big mummies who have hang ups about their baby weight. (I’m still quite slim just have gained some hips, bum and chest, I waited 26 years for this so let me shine! I struggle to get my old leggings on YAY!  #skinnygirlproblems. I can’t go wrong there ey?)

I use my baby as an excuse not to go somewhere :)

I’m coping well as my baby is pretty easy and I’m scared, wondering if this will all change once he hits his terrible 2’s and 3’s (day dreams about a toddler pulling my hair and screaming in my ear that he wants to be fed THIS INSTANT, run through my mind)

Sometimes I dream about going out on the tiles and enjoying the party life for a night minus the baby vomit on my clothes.

So there you have it….im not the perfect mummy and I had to bore someone with my confessions cos they run rampant in my mind. Comment down below and let me know your what confessions are mummies …

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Is Success Everything?

I cannot tell you how many times i have attempted to make something of my life and ran away from what i was trying to acheive. It's not that i think i dont have what it takes, it's just that i haven't believed in where it could go. Ive had many urika moments and great ideas but have never pushed myself enough to materialise the greatness i had conjured up in my mind.

I recall the many times I have said " He/She is lucky, they knew what they wanted to do from the beginning" and "If its your passion then of course you will do well"  I have envied those who have just instinctively known from the get go what they wanted to do in life and just persued it effortlessly, or so it seemed...

My question was always "if only i could have that same passion about something I love...."?

But this leaves me wondering why we do put so much pressure on ourselves to achieve at a particular time? To be earning a particular amount in a particular type of career?

Ultimately it shouldnt be how fast and how much but rather how spiritually rewarding? Will i get job satisfaction out of this? I've always believed in experimenting! You never know where it might lead you. Now I know this any seem like a waste of time, or even seem like a lack of direction but how can that be true when seeking your passion?

As much as my eyes could only see people, who were sure of what they wanted, suceeding and doing well, I still knew people who had taken routes that at first seemed right but wern't, a lot of people who couldnt make up their minds what they wanted to do in life, people who have tried and failed many times again, people who still havent got it figured out in their 30's

Those people had the best stories to tell and are actually quite inspiring. They indeed attended the school of life which is in my opinion the best type of school to attend

Question is what are the effective ways in which you could actually make finding your passion work for you? Here are a few techniques that could be helpful:

1. Remember you are Unique!

Do not compare yourself to anybody better yet delete all social media because it paints pictures of people seeming to be doing better but they're only show you what they would like for you to see. So go easy on yourself.

2. Write down your ideas

Writing down your ideas will help keep you creative and keep your ideas flowing.

3. Experiment!

Try new things, study things you think could be a potential passion. Doing in-depth research on the subject you intend to study will help you conclude weather its right for you

4. Work!

If you can get your foot in the door and try different roles you never know where it could take you, sometimes it could uncover a role you never knew existed and you could end up loving it. Or similarly you could discover a set of skills you also ever knew you had.

5. Choose happiness!

If you choose happiness it will undoubtedly bring you the financial freedom you are seeking. 

If it don't make you happy, it don't make sense. Happiness is everything and after all that's all we ever want in life, right?

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