Things that made me cry in the first six months of motherhood
August 31, 2015It’s a very hormonal time. From early pregnancy to finding my feet as a new mum, emotions have been somewhat shaky (huge, huge understatement) over the last year or so, as my poor husband will testify. I could probably cry now, if you asked me nicely.
This is not a complete list:
- Sheer exhaustion.
- Frustration at not being able to explain myself through sheer exhaustion.
- The kindness of friends.
- The kindness of strangers.
- Failing at breastfeeding.
- Succeeding at breastfeeding (briefly).
- The Paul Walker montage at the end of ‘Furious 7’. This was a low point.
- When a woman in the Healthbay Poly Clinic waiting room told me that my baby was “too small”.
- The guilt of wanting to go back to work.
- The reality of going back to work.
- Work.
- This song (Daughter, by Loudon Wainwright).
- Happiness at Phoebe’s christening.
- The hangover after the christening.
- Saying goodbye to family at the end of a holiday in the UK.
- An episode of ‘What Not To Wear’, when a woman who loved wearing turtle-themed clothing had an amazing makeover.
- Syrian refugees.
- The injustice of a man who beeped his horn too aggressively at me (when I was in the right).
- Noel Gallagher on Desert Island Discs.
- The scales (specifically the numbers on them).
- The thought of our dog getting old.
- Losing my wedding ring and subsequent disagreements about it.
- A waft of stale cigarette ash that reminded me of my grandpa and the fact he’ll never meet my daughter.
- An oddly emotional moment in yoga. No idea what that was about.
- Utter joy at Phoebe’s giggle.
- Sheer exhaustion.
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