My next baby is due, and it’s got me thinking about the newborn days, and how disappointing people were. We had some family visit us, but they just wanted to take photos of the baby and do absolutely nothing to help. They all expected us to host them, cook for them, etc. Looking back, I am disgusted with their behaviour.
It really caught me off-guard to find that I had no one. I didn’t realise I was one of those Mums who had ‘no village’. I think I’m only admitting it now, months later, that I needed help. I struggled, very close to the edge of things going wrong.
Luckily, my mum has turned things round since the newborn days, and sees us once a week now. Thank god.
I’m sure there must be lots of ladies who have discovered, to their surprise, that they are a lot more alone than they anticipated.