Love this!!! I'm not a mom - nor I plan to be one any time soon - but the whole mom guilt thing drives me crazy and makes me a lot less excited about actually planning to have kids. Your perspective is super refreshing and a lot more real!!! Thank you for this :)
So glad I came across your column. I loved you as an editor, and having falling into a hole reading 'My Goodness' I know I'm going to love you as a writer here : )
As for the mum guilt, I can't lie... I've felt it these last three weeks, with the kids watching me as I work from home and them jumping from watching tv, to being on their tablets, then repeat. Me promising to take a break to take them to the park, but then not getting round to doing it. But it is what it is. We took them on holiday at the start of the summer hols, so cha', they will have to suck it up. x
A massive AMEN to this post - I’m 5 and a half months in and already there is talk about juggling and work and how could I get a nanny, I will miss my kid too much. Sorry I didn’t realise my minion was a planet that I needed to orbit at all times until I burnt out like a nameless star in the universe of MANkind. Thank you for the dose of happy reality Jo, I loved it!
Love this!!! I'm not a mom - nor I plan to be one any time soon - but the whole mom guilt thing drives me crazy and makes me a lot less excited about actually planning to have kids. Your perspective is super refreshing and a lot more real!!! Thank you for this :)
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So glad I came across your column. I loved you as an editor, and having falling into a hole reading 'My Goodness' I know I'm going to love you as a writer here : )
As for the mum guilt, I can't lie... I've felt it these last three weeks, with the kids watching me as I work from home and them jumping from watching tv, to being on their tablets, then repeat. Me promising to take a break to take them to the park, but then not getting round to doing it. But it is what it is. We took them on holiday at the start of the summer hols, so cha', they will have to suck it up. x
A massive AMEN to this post - I’m 5 and a half months in and already there is talk about juggling and work and how could I get a nanny, I will miss my kid too much. Sorry I didn’t realise my minion was a planet that I needed to orbit at all times until I burnt out like a nameless star in the universe of MANkind. Thank you for the dose of happy reality Jo, I loved it!