Hello old friend

Posted by Claire on October 25, 2008 in Blog.

Last night we were finally reacquainted with that elusive comrade of ours…sleep! Bubs went to bed at 7pm and the next thing we knew it was 5am and he was awake looking for food, which meant me and the Hubber got a blissful, uninterrupted 7 hours of kip. Well, he did anyway. In typical neurotic mum fashion I was awake several times wondering why Bubs wasn’t crying, if he was OK, if I had gone deaf, if the baby monitor was broken…you get the picture. A bit like winning the lottery, I suppose you hope against hope for ages that your baby will ’sleep through’ (even the phrase itself deserves reverent inverted commas) and then when it actually happens you can’t quite believe it’s true. Of course I know it was probably a complete fluke, and tonight or in the wee small hours of tomorrow morning when I am up feeding or rocking or changing nappies I will be cursing myself for having lain awake watching the green light on the baby monitor flash flashing away when I could have been in the land of nod. On the other hand, he might just do it again and then I will be cursing myself for not having more faith and opening a bottle of wine while I watch the X Factor. Can’t win!

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Hello! I’m Claire and welcome to MumUnplugged! I started this blog in 2008 following the birth of my son; I was bored on maternity leave from my job as a magazine editor, and besides feeling a pathological urge to just write something, I wanted to put my own experiences as a first time mum out there for others to share. I’m just a normal mum like any other – I have good days and bad days, days when I feel confident in my ability to raise this little human I created and others when I wonder why on earth I ever thought I could handle it! The most important thing I’ve learned from becoming a mum is that there’s nothing like advice from other mums who’ve been in your shoes – and I hope that by reading my experiences and those of others, visitors to MumUnplugged will find inspiration, advice and support for their journey through motherhood. Through my career in publishing I’ve also developed a passion for trend-spotting and tracking down the latest products so you’ll also find lots of news, reviews, fashion, topical features and much more. I really hope you enjoy the site – don’t forget to check out our forums (coming soon!) and keep your eyes peeled for great competitions and giveaways. If there’s anything you’d like to see on MumUnplugged then I’d love to hear from you – email mumunplugged@googlemail.com, follow me on Twitter, check out the Facebook page - or just leave me a comment!
One Response to “Hello old friend”
  1. Emma says:
    October 25, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    well mrs, well done you! One Alfie baby asleep all night!!
    I think you should take your own advice and open that bottle of wine….even if you only get a glass of it, its one more last to the future!

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