HURRAY FOR PARENTS!
There are 2 freakin' awesome benefits of having parents around after you have a baby:
1) Helping to babysit/cuddle
A baby demands your attention 24/7, no ifs and buts about it. Having parents around means that every morning, when Hunter wakes up at around 7AM, I can feed him and then pass him over to my parents.. who cuddle and play with him for the next 2 hours whilst Chris and I catch up on sleep. This means that we get sufficient sleep every night and aren't sleep deprived (which I'd assumed would be a given). It also means that we get spare time to bum around and do our own thing, because there are 2 extra sets of hands to entertain Hunter.
2) Organising all your meals
You'd be surprised at how you can go without eating when looking after a newborn. You just forget! So to always have breakfast on the table when we wake up in the morning, and lunch and dinner sorted, is a God-send. Not to mention my daily hot chocolate Dad makes for me each morning, and the herbal stuff Mum brews for me to sip on during the day. It means the past 4 weeks has resulted in awesome weight-loss for me because I eat healthy and yummy home cooked food.
Seriously, you need parents for at least the first few weeks of becoming a parent, otherwise I think you could just fall apart. I am utterly amazed at single mothers that have little/no support.. they truly are superwomen!
Anyway, just a few pics of food Mum cooked :P
Shepherd's Pie
Chicken pizza!
Another pizza, with mince beef this time
Mum made loads of Chinese food, but I forgot to take pics, oops!
This was a very yummy chicken drumstick dish, though :P
1) Helping to babysit/cuddle
A baby demands your attention 24/7, no ifs and buts about it. Having parents around means that every morning, when Hunter wakes up at around 7AM, I can feed him and then pass him over to my parents.. who cuddle and play with him for the next 2 hours whilst Chris and I catch up on sleep. This means that we get sufficient sleep every night and aren't sleep deprived (which I'd assumed would be a given). It also means that we get spare time to bum around and do our own thing, because there are 2 extra sets of hands to entertain Hunter.
2) Organising all your meals
You'd be surprised at how you can go without eating when looking after a newborn. You just forget! So to always have breakfast on the table when we wake up in the morning, and lunch and dinner sorted, is a God-send. Not to mention my daily hot chocolate Dad makes for me each morning, and the herbal stuff Mum brews for me to sip on during the day. It means the past 4 weeks has resulted in awesome weight-loss for me because I eat healthy and yummy home cooked food.
Seriously, you need parents for at least the first few weeks of becoming a parent, otherwise I think you could just fall apart. I am utterly amazed at single mothers that have little/no support.. they truly are superwomen!
Anyway, just a few pics of food Mum cooked :P
Shepherd's Pie
Chicken pizza!
Another pizza, with mince beef this time
Mum made loads of Chinese food, but I forgot to take pics, oops!
This was a very yummy chicken drumstick dish, though :P