Mothers’ needs are babies’ needs are children’s needs are mother’s needs.
Amidst these major shifts, there were countless whispers, “I need a break from being a mum for a minute.” Yet, I also vividly recall the opposite feelings from the early days - watching people hold my newborns while feeling a visceral ache for them to be returned to me.
Motherhood is all Middles
Babies don’t ‘learn to sleep through’ and then never wake another night in their lives. The washing isn’t brought in from the line, folded, and packed away never to be moved again. Life isn't linear.