- If you have long hair wearing it in pigtails is not the best idea. It will get pulled and chewed and is so much easier for babies to grab onto... I found this out the hard way earlier today (ouch!).
- You have to learn to be faster at changing nappies than a Nascar/Formula 1 team is at changing wheels. If you blink, or take your time, you will get covered in pee. Plus if you are really unlucky, you will be up to your elbows in poo.
- By the third week you will be used to poo and pee, and by the fourth projectile vomit will be old hat to you.
- If you laugh, your baby will. The old rule of cause and effect comes into play here. I find this particularly nice. Apparently watching you laugh is the most hilarious thing in the world and is always a winner for cheering a screaming baby (unless the screaming has reached the point of purple red in the face, highway to Hades point of no return...if this is the case then you are pretty much screwed and just have to ride it out).
- When things hit the fast track to Hades, sometimes the best thing to do is take five minutes to yourself. After those few minutes of (in my case) hiding in the kitchen the world turns into a much more manageable place. Plus if you are so inclined, tea and chocolate are definitely your friends.
Supergirl & Batman - we wouldn't be naughty Mummy!
