tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post7527594259889902976..comments2023-10-12T15:24:41.977+01:00Comments on The Unmumsy Mum: Lesson 32: No place I'd rather be?The Unmumsy Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04094380010913263266noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-26944600310045872972015-05-15T15:24:48.656+01:002015-05-15T15:24:48.656+01:00"I don't really like other people's c..."I don't really like other people's children to be honest. They always have runny noses." I couldn't agree more! LOL! Glad I am not the only one!Sukinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-33052706688851916142015-04-11T14:15:39.578+01:002015-04-11T14:15:39.578+01:00So glad I found this... As as mum of two boys I ha...So glad I found this... As as mum of two boys I had planned to take extended maternity leave to be at home with them. After a year with two children under the age of two...I couldn't wait to go back to work! I am now making the transition from part time to fuill time...and despite really looking forward to this...the guilt police are there in the back of my mind. Your blog has made me realise that no, actually why shouldn't I do something for me! They are not babies and I have given them the best start in life...now it's my turn!☺Northern Nellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-82842880931606673002015-04-10T21:23:28.496+01:002015-04-10T21:23:28.496+01:00Whilst on maternity leave with baby 1 I knew it wa...Whilst on maternity leave with baby 1 I knew it was time to go back when I rang my boss at work, crying, because i'd washed a tissue and had to shake out every item before washing it again! Enough was enough, i returned the next week!!!Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-65045924983015537482015-03-31T14:21:09.666+01:002015-03-31T14:21:09.666+01:00I am the same. I love my 2.5 yr old daughter but w...I am the same. I love my 2.5 yr old daughter but when she wants to play the game where she hands me the plastic container from a kinder egg to pop open, then close and then pop open again (for, like, an hour) I'm not having the best time! I am in full time employment while my OH is parental unit number one! We sometimes argue about who's got it worse but secretly I don't think I'd swap!bigf22https://www.blogger.com/profile/07977532311494656227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-26852954189114722892015-02-15T20:38:56.356+00:002015-02-15T20:38:56.356+00:00It wasn't until I returned to work I realised ...It wasn't until I returned to work I realised how much Mat leave did NOT suit me.... I was a much worse version of myself, lazy, really lazy... Now I'm back at work I feel like me again, I've started baking again, making home made food.... Not sure who I turned into on mat leave but I much prefer this version :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-30988180421467615962015-02-15T18:58:36.018+00:002015-02-15T18:58:36.018+00:00Thanks Jessica! I frigging love work too! And I do...Thanks Jessica! I frigging love work too! And I don't think you should feel guilty, but I understand as I am in the same boat. Thanks for reading :-)The Unmumsy Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094380010913263266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-4205463199040201032015-02-12T22:36:18.608+00:002015-02-12T22:36:18.608+00:00I love this. I returned to work after 9 months and...I love this. I returned to work after 9 months and am doing 4 days a week. But i sadly now want to to 5 days! I just cant get over the guilt of giving up another day with my boy :-( i friggin love work tho!jessica toramannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-9325304509527454952014-11-12T20:08:09.437+00:002014-11-12T20:08:09.437+00:00Ahhh so comforting to hear from like-minded mums!!...Ahhh so comforting to hear from like-minded mums!! And I felt this way when I had 'just the one' too (by god it used to annoy me when people said that, one is hard enough!) Thanks for reading :-) The Unmumsy Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094380010913263266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-83311435875962471952014-11-12T19:47:15.341+00:002014-11-12T19:47:15.341+00:00Just found your blog! I feel absolutely one hundre...Just found your blog! I feel absolutely one hundred million percent SAME (and I only have one disagreeable small child!). Honest mums like you are hard to find! :)Chloehttp://boybandsandgin.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-9839699692373687622014-11-12T09:01:32.879+00:002014-11-12T09:01:32.879+00:00Thank you so much for commenting - refreshing to h...Thank you so much for commenting - refreshing to hear honesty from somebody else!! I feel exactly the same, I enjoy my home days SO much more when that is not the totality of my existence. And I am sure the kids benefit from the break too! Thanks for reading :-) The Unmumsy Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094380010913263266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-26586591637062437272014-11-12T08:53:33.049+00:002014-11-12T08:53:33.049+00:00I love this post and I can really identify with it...I love this post and I can really identify with it. <br />Two weeks ago I met up with my cousin and her newborn, and she said "isn't it amazing? I just love it, did you love it too?". And I said no. The poor thing, her face just fell. I really didn't mean to burst her bubble but I was so tired of pretending - the first few months of my son's life were really tough, with the reflux and the screaming and the very much not sleeping. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. <br />Now that he's almost two we are both happiest when he spends 4 days out of 7 at nursery. B I need time to do adult things and he loves being with his friends, and then at the end of the week when we're all a bit tired we enjoy being little homebodies together. There is no way I would "enjoy" being with him 24/7 (nor he with me, I suspect!). And I think it ought to be perfectly okay to say that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615757948093193345noreply@blogger.com