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Diary Of A New Mum -
Week 18
Pounds Lost And Gained
Jessica-Ann is fine this week – nothing
exciting to report, except that she had her third lot of jabs and screamed the
surgery down. Thankfully this time I got Paul to come with me so it wasn’t so
bad for me. Terrible for him (he was seriously traumatized by how upset she
got), but not so bad for me.
Last week I decided to start a diet. I
didn’t tell anyone, didn’t make a big deal about it, just decided to try and cut
out some of the crap I’d been eating and maybe do a bit of exercise.
Ha! Fat chance (spot the pun). When I
weighed myself this morning, after a whole week of ‘dieting’, I’d actually
managed to gain half a pound, not lose it! Not fair. This is despite my walking
Jess for an hour every day. Despite my trying very hard not to eat chocolate
every night. Doesn’t trying count for anything? Do you have to actually not eat
the chocolate instead of merely trying not to?
I’m not cut out for this. Motherhood,
yes. No problem. But being overweight, no. It doesn’t suit me, for one thing.
Maybe I’m not tall enough to carry it off, or the wrong shape or something. I’d
like to be happy as I am – it would be a lot less work, believe me. I don’t care
what size it says in my clothes, or what numbers come up on the scales. I just
want to feel comfortable and be able to walk without my legs rubbing together!
Is that a lot to ask?
I’m on a roll now so there’s no shutting
me up. It’s so unfair, what happens to your body when you have a baby. First
there’s the sickness – months and months of feeling like you’ve just stepped off
the waltzes at the fairground. Then there’s the stretch marks (which I managed
to miss on my tummy but you should see my thighs). Then the months of being
tired, tired, tired, out of breath, not being able to walk properly, or sit for
too long, or go for more than ten seconds without peeing.
As if that’s not bad enough, there’s the
birth to go through. Enough said. And afterwards there are stitches to heal,
hormones to go back to (what passes for) normal, joints to repair, a uterus to
shrink – all while you’re looking after a helpless tiny baby who depends on you
for everything!
Okay, end of rant. But the last thing we
new mums need after going through all that is for someone to eye our tummies
appraisingly as if to say, ‘Taking a bit of time for that baby weight to come
off, isn’t it?’ (I swear someone did this to me but I’m not saying who.) Give me
a break. If I was vain I would never have had a baby. I’m not vain, just
knackered, and if chocolate is my only pleasure then so be it.
Positioning Your
Baby For Breastfeeding
Although breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world, there is
a correct technique that will help feeding go smoothly and avoid many
common breastfeeding problems
Diary Of A New
Mum - Week 25
Babies And Boats
In which we decide to buy a narrowboat for weekending - despite the fact
that many people think we are mad to take a baby on board!
Print, cut and assemble a mobile to decorate the baby's room - or make
use of matching room signs, door hangers, photo frames and more! Room Decorations To Print
Everything from nursery mobiles and cut-outs to birth announcements and baby
shower invitations and scrapbook paper! Baby Printables
