My youngest of 4 didnt sleep for 8 weeks. No actual joke. She had a tongue tie. And although diagnosed when she was born I was assured her latch was ok etc. For 7 and a half weeks I was a walking zombie. Looking after 4 kids, 2 at school/2 at home,
while my self employed husband went back to work, and I kept my
tit together 99% of the time - none of this keep calm
tit, I literally survived because I had no choice and am not a millionaire. We had every reason for her not to sleep under the sun, colds/out of sorts/being a newborn...then one night while not sleeping, I came across a Google search which connected tongue tie and all the symptoms, effectively I was breastfeeding and starving her as she was wearing herself out feeding and not being able to latch. Spent £200 on a private midwife to come and fix the tongue tie after being told we would be waiting weeks for a NHS appointment. A few days later, we had a different baby. Never at any point did I think oo let's book a holiday to Mexico- and my husband, (who slept in with my eldest oe all the time we were not sleeping -because he had to work to pay the bills - he ain't a millionaire- and it would have been stupid for both of to not be able to sleep) would not have thought this either. How you can promote a weaning journey while still on it, publicly declare you thought there was something wrong with your 2nd child, give advice on travelling with babies/toddlers when you have (let's face it) next to no experience with it (and the real working world) is just bloody bonkers. I'm glad he has publicly declared that he found stuff hard but if he was working a 9-5 job, he'd have given Indie chicken nuggets by now and more than a couple of mini milks. Even if my kids have had toast and scrambled egg for dinner after a long/hard day I'm happy. They aren't starved or neglected, they are happy and fed and I'll try better another day. Most people have enough
tit going on that they can't feed their kids porridge and organic berries and swan off on long haul flights every couple of months and say they are the best, most calm parents the world has ever seen. Joe, I'm sorry, but you need to
duck off into the real world and stop preaching
tit that isnt real life at all. Sorry. Ranty pants here. Its half term and I'm surviving and not in Mexico