The Wonder Weeks...
When you become a parent for the first time, it's totally as you'd expect... it's magical, your heart bursts with love, and you feel so lucky to finally have your beautiful little bundle of joy in your arms.
But what you won't read about in most books, or what most of your Mum friends won't tell you, is that being a parent is the hardest thing you will ever do. Not when you expect it at say age 2; when your child suddenly has tantrums over an empty yoghurt pot (so I'm told!), but in the first 20 months of your child's life. There will be times where you can't work out what they need from you; you've done everything possible and they are 'crying for no reason'. They seem distressed, and you, their protector and provider, are unable to do anything about it. You feel guilty, exhausted, worried, and even aggression towards the situation...