Another prime example of whingey navel-gazing by a "journalist"

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honestly woman what is your problem?

josh and jamie - thats great that the article helped you two - i guess that the was the intention - good luck x

oooooh look, projecticarus has discovered the underline facility.

I was aiming for this but got confused.

damn that not previewing

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Gawd I'd love to get paid for writing whingeing navel gazing articles about the bleedin' obvious! (That don't even have to be well written).

I'm sure the topic is one that loads of mothers can relate to, shame it was written in the usual 'incredulous that having a child might be vaguely live changing and slightly challenging' style of writing.

You know whenever I read this sort of tosh I wonder how these people would cope if they had a child with any sort of health problems if they really are the lightweights they make themselves out to be.

Life changing even

Sorry, don't know why you're all being so horrible. She's not the first person it's happened to. But, let's face it, it doens't matter how many people tell you how horrible that first year is you never think it's going to happen to you. Come on, how many of us swore we'd keep weekly 'dates' with our hubbies, would have the sprog sleeping through by 5 days, wouldn't 'let oursleves go' etc etc etc.

Just because it's been written about before, doesn't mean she doesn't have a story to tell.

lol i never swore any of those things. perhaps it was my low expectations that kept me sane?
btw, joshandjamiesmum, you shoudl ping an email to the ST mag, i'm sure the writer would be absolutely thrilled beyond belief to hear that her story has helped you.

Oh definitely Aitch - I had the lowest of low expectations because my best friend had a baby 6 months before me and told me things like 'If you manage to get dressed before midday in the first 6 weeks you're doing really well'. I will remain eternally grateful to her for that....

I remember people telling me not to worry if I didn't get my teeth cleaned before 2pm. 'Skank!' I thought, I'll never do that! Ahem........ how the mighty fell

God, I've just remembered DH and I saying to each other (about 2 weeks before DS1 was born), 'all they need is to be fed, kept clean and cuddled - how hard can it really be?'

I got this off a site for the book 'Babyproofing your marriage' which I thought was soooo true (of us anyway) which became one of the reasons for us arguing:

We're always thinking about the children. 'I need to get that report finished by 3:00 pm. Hmmm, that reminds me, doesn't Tim have a doctor's appointment at 3:00 pm on Tuesday?' As we drive to work in the morning, we're mentally rummaging through the cupboards to see what we might have for dinner that evening. Men leave their parenting hat behind them when they walk out the door and don't pick it up again until they walk back in that night..

i think the subject was fine - which is why i read it with interest

it was the tone of 'but im an oxbridge grad with a dh in the city surely i am better than most' tone that blew it for me