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Abigail Stavroulakis-McMahon's avatar

I adored reading this. It’s so rare to find someone who can express the very mixed up complicated feelings of the crazy LOVE, the WONDER, the JOY, with the mundane, the agonisingly dull, the frustrating, with the utterly hilarious. Thank you for putting words to my muddled up heart 💕

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Worn Out Working Mum's avatar

I really really appreciate this 🫶🏻 thank you so much x

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Dave Macfarlane's avatar

“Sell them on Vinted” had me 😂

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Worn Out Working Mum's avatar

😂😂😂

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Dave Macfarlane's avatar

More like free on Facebook marketplace 😅

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Jules5678's avatar

The “enjoy them” comment made my blood boil 🤣 why does everyone selectively remember their own experience of parenting and torment us with this toxic positivity commentary?! When I was early PP I was hovering on the edge of depression and all people could say was “this is the best time”. Oh really is it Janice, it’s fucking dreadful so best I just top myself now before it gets any worse? The truth is each chapter is different for everyone, and they are projecting their experience when all the stars aligned to make it a great time…for THEM. But this drip drip of comments cuts deep after a while

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