I have an 8 month old... when did that happen?!?

It's 7:05pm.  I've just put Simon down to bed for the night and I can't believe that 8 months has already passed.  I'm really a mum !  I'm totally doing it!  Sometimes I forget that I'm a mum.  When my husband and I are in front of the tv, watching "our shows", everything feels normal, and as it has felt for the last 5 years.  Then I catch a glimpse of the baby monitor light, the toy box, or my "jiggly bits" and I remember that I'm an actual mum.

There is a little tiny person upstairs who is depending on me for everything.  Sometimes I have a little laugh to myself, like, "I'm totally a grown-up", other times, a little cry, because it's completely scary!

Simon, 18 days old

Everyone told me that the first year flies by so quickly.  It sounded too cliché to be true, but I truly can't believe that this time last year, I had the biggest cankles known to man, and I was converting my spare room into a nursery.

I hope my experiences encourage, assure and humour you !

Amy