- going out any night of the week, even on a whim!
- my belly looked normal. It completely lacked stretch marks
Oh dear! - I just google images-ed 'stretch marks tummy' to show you what I'm talking about, but I just can't put any of those pictures up here!! - they're a little too close to home! :p - I had never bought baby wipes. Now I think I will never stop... in fact they should probably contact me to be one of their spokespeople - I recommend them for pretty much anything!! :)
- never buying nappies (groceries were much cheaper back then!)
- 'ducking in' to shops for a quick second - returning a DVD, etc., without getting children out, safely in, make sure they don't wreck any shop's property, then safely out and then back into car-seats
- my living room used to stay completely clean, even when I wasn't watching it
- not bothering to make dinner if I didn't want to
- having SO MUCH ENERGY!!
- how clean my kitchen tiles were after a meal
- being able to leave the house grabbing just my keys, wallet and phone on the way out the door
- walking into church without the pram, book bag, food bag and nappy bag
- doing whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted
- real 'off duty' time, where I'm not even thinking, planning or worrying about the children - completely switching off!! - apparently this will never happen again!
- doing everything only once. Instead of ironing 4 sets of clothes and making 4 bowls of cereal and washing 4 times the amount of dishes, bathing 4 people, cleaning 4 sets of teeth, etc, etc..
- taking a third of the time to do everything, and not having to stop what you're doing over and over as people need you
- the tiny amount of laundry I had to do, and the comparatively HUGE amount of time to do it in
- us getting in the car taking literally 2 seconds, instead of 10 minutes
- never, ever, ever having had to teach anybody how to control their own bodily functions
- people greeting me when I walk in the door, instead of just my gorgeous babies
- taking trips without having to pack half of the house up
- enjoying the full use of our boot, instead of whatever we could fit around the pram and toddler seat
- booking little weekend getaways to hotels/B&B's/units, without caring that they 'do not cater for children' - who knew so many don't?!
- holding hands with James whenever we're walking - now it's more one pushing prams and holding babies and toddler hands
- standing up without someone on my hip, sitting down without someone/s on my lap, and not having a foot constantly bouncing the bouncer
- not having to buy an entire new wardrobe for household members every single season, because they're actually growing that fast!
- wearing heels and not worrying about if I can run after a small (but fast) person in them,
- not taking my camera with me wherever I go, 'just in case'
- showering, shaving legs, brushing teeth, brushing hair, painting nails, etc. - for as long as I want!
- sleeping in on weekends
- sleeping in, EVER
- sleeping for an entire night without waking up, once
- not having anybody else's mess all over my clothes
- Wow, I'm not really running out of ideas here lol :)
Of course, there are compensations...
But today when James came home after my long day, and I threw my 3 angels at him, closed the bathroom door (yes, it's that exciting I decided to 'bold' it!) and had myself a real shower, I got to thinking...
By Abby Easthope
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