People reading this blog may think that my life is wonderful. A constant adventure with my two wonderful children, both shining examples of the excellence of attachment parenting and unconditional love. To be honest, they’d be right. Life is wonderful and I am very lucky in all that I have – two gorgeous, healthy kids that are my life, a fantastic husband, wonderful parents, great friends and a fabulous life. I am confident to ignore the fact that I am different from so many parents around me and parent in the way I feel instinctively to be best (and have researched to prove it!). However, nothing is perfect all the time. There are days when the kids seem out of control, when I feel like the world’s worst mother, when doubts spring up in your mind, when all your relationships seem too much trouble. Exhaustion has been the root cause of all this over the past 3.5 years. These moments are transitory, in the minority, a small grey cloud in a blue summer sky. But they do exist, and if they didn’t something would be wrong because nothing in life is perfect and we must always strive to move closer to our ideal and accept that we will never get there. But the journey is wonderful, challenging and special. I wouldn’t change it for the world (although the bruise where Alfie whacked me tonight still hurts!)
Onto the good times.
Making our special homemade bum wipes for Holly – camomile and honey tea, baby oil and tea tree oil. I started making these when Alfie was born and have used them for both the kids. They are fantastic. Alfie recently took on the job of making them, now aided by Holly.
On the adventure playground at Forge Mill Farm
Making cherry and almond cake.
Doing crafts
Washing vegetables for dinner
