My gorgeous friend Nat recently wrote a fabulous post describing herself and her life before she had children. She invited me to share my pre-Baby self, so here goes.
Before I had a child I always assumed I would have two children.
Before I had a child I thought there was no reason for children to have snot on their faces, for a single second.
Before I had a child I was convinced I would cook everything from scratch for my darling offspring.
Before I had a child I took for granted going to the loo on my own…
Before I had a child I thought that children who had tantrums were probably being fed too many E numbers.
Before I had a child I didn’t realise the pure unadulterated joy that comes from hearing your child say ‘Mama’.
Before I had a child I had a flat stomach.
Before I had a child I had forgotten the joy gained from so many little things.
Before I had a child I thought I was happy.
Before I had a child I had no true comprehension of the scale of a mother’s love.
I am now going to ask a few friends to share their ‘Before I had children’, so let’s have it Katy, Em, Amy and Kat.
How was your life before you had a child?
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I love this idea! Great post and I agree with it all
What a great premise for a post! Before I had children I couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t sit quietly in a cafe while I was trying to enjoy my beloved coffee and thought it was simply bad parenting. Hahahaha! Then I was blessed with two little boys. Jokes on me!
What a lovely post. It’s almost like living two different lives pre + post children.
#BrilliantBlogPost
All of these are so true honey, apart from the flat tummy I’ve never had that! XO
My life was MUCH quieter!
This made me tear up. So beautifully written hun. Thank you for the tag I’m looking forward to writing this xxx
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Thanks lovely. Really look forward to reading yours xxx
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Thank you lovely, I can’t wait to read yours xxx
Yep, I can relate to most of this. Before I had a child I couldn’t understand why mums left the house with messy hair and no make up – ha! How naive 🙂
I love this tag..great idea!! #brilliantblogposts
Aw that’s lovely and so true! I pretty much thought the same. Especially the snot thing 🙂 #brilliantblogposts
Beautiful post. It’s amazing how things change when you have kids x
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Thanks so much lovely lady x
This is so lovely hun, how beautiful. Thank you for the tag lovely. xx
What a great post. It really got me thinking about before I started having children.
Truly lovely post x
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Ah thank you lovely x
Life before children is quite the life, isn’t it; but no where near full of such fun as when children are part of it. I can relate with all you wrote and might just reflect on mine. Thanks for sharing. #SundayStars
I thought I was happy to but you just don’t realise how much joy a baby will bring! I look back at my pre-baby life now and think how boring and pointless it was! #sundaystars
I love this! I actually completely disregarded a nursery because I saw 5 snotty kids running around
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Ha ha! I would definitely do that too! x
Lovely, lovely, LOVELY! Gorgeous post. Blimey, motherhood sure changes us doesn’t it?! x
I can relate to a lot of this! I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But I wouldn’t change a thing! Ok, well maybe I’d change a bit! But I never regret being a Mummy. #brilliantblogposts
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So much harder than you think it will be, but you’re right would change anything x
What a beautiful post! 🙂
Like you, I thought a lot of things were simply ‘bad parenting’ and I think I really did underestimate how much there is to think about being a mummy and how hard it can be at times!
X x