After having a bundle of my own, I can truly appreciate the phrase "It takes a village to raise a child". One of the things I miss is just wanting to be on my own for awhile. I remember someone once told me that when they want a bit of 'me' time they would go and take a shower whether they wanted to or not... then I didn't understand, now..well now is a different story.
The good times are good..the giggling, laughing, learning and playing but with the good times come the rough...the whinging, the moaning, the non-sleeping, the non-napping etc.
So I suppose with a village around it would be much easier, to do everything without a young 'un hanging off your hip all the time (minus the two half hours he does nap in the day).
We live in isolated environments a lot of the time, socialising has to be done actively...the type of person I am socialising has to be thrust upon me so it can get a bit baby brained at times. The house is a mess, no decent conversation for hours on end, no good nights sleep in sight, clothes to wash, laundry to put away, hair full of grease...all of this and you will find a person not fit to be in company.
I applaud all those who have more than two children...actually even more than one..in my eyes you are Superwomen or you must really enjoy not sleeping.
Hopefully will be getting a full nights sleep sometime in the next few months, weeks or even days (she says rather optimistically) until then I leave you with my fog filled brain.
