Who remembers those first precious first weeks with the first born child, those incredible moments after bringing a child into the world for the very first time, a union of two people joining together to make a beautiful new life?
No one, that's who. Because those first few weeks become somewhat of a blur once the endorphins of that magical moment of birth wear off.
New challenges arise that you've never experienced, like how to operate on one hour of sleep a night. How to fit mealtimes in to whatever available slot you have in your day, even if it's 11.30pm, and what to do when somebody urinates on you at 3am (always fun).
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The good news for us, was that once the immediate family help went back to living the lives they had carved out from going through those same adventures with us, the brand new parents, Plunket popped in to reassure us that everything was going well and that many had gone through just the same!