#MUMLIFE - To All My Child Free Friends...

Hey child free  friends,

You without the kids. I've got so much to say I just need to be careful with how its written. I don't mean to offend anyone but I'm about to address the elephant in the room. I've changed.

As soon as I was handed that screaming new born in the operating theater I was no longer just myself. It was a privilege and a huge responsibility bestowed on me and I became "mum".
I became so fixated on the sleep schedule , food intake and bowel movements of someone other than myself that a sleep deprived version of myself morphed into my new life.
My newborn wore multiple new outfits each day while my $7 Kmart leggings were good for a solid four days.

I could no longer jump in the car and meet you for a drink whilst we sit and have a fluid conversations. It took about twenty minutes to get everyone out of the house and a five minute drive with a kid who screams every time he's put in his car seat only to sit down with you and lose my train of thought mid sentence fifty times.

I have so many things to thank you for though.

Like when you came over to my house with a Starbucks soy chai latte and a fluffy for my kid so we could talk about things other than Paw Patrol.

For understanding it was easier to come over for dinner or a coffee to catch up instead of meeting at a cafe or bar.

For letting me live vicariously through you and your travels, adventures and tinder dates .

For understanding that this too shall pass.

I can't afford to go out for dinner with the girls anymore due to the whole mum thing and kids are damn expensive. So please don't be offended if you have to come to my house for a coffee to catch up. This too shall pass.

I struggle to let go of friendships. I tend to be a stage five clinger and it upsets me when friendships end. But that's life. People grow and change, and it makes me appreciate those ones that stick around for the ride.
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So here's to you. The friend who laughs at my child's knock knock joke for the millionth time, jumps on the trampoline with my kid and doesn't complain when I have to stop mid sentence because I can't remember what I was saying.
And to the others that have been and left- this is who I am now. Thank you for the memories from my prehistoric pre kid life. ..