Ok, I Think I Get It...

Everything is done in 20 minute bursts, even this post will be written in stages as there is no way I have the opportunity to write this in one sitting.  I will, undoubtedly be summoned, alerted or notified in someway to tend to one if not both children.  This article will refer to some of the day to day activities that have been warped by young family life. Cooking:  There was a time where cooking was an enjoyable task and eating was unbound by time constraints. Today cooking is a fragmented, hurried task made worse by the knowing that the food, although delicious, will be eaten with forceful haste second only to a foie gras goose.  One pot recipes now rule the roost taking precedent over complex gastronomic courses.  Variety has been superseded  by a set list of known, quick, crowd pleasing dishes.  On occasion we may try something new but instantly regret using the brain power to fathom the processes. Eating Out:   A couple dining out toge...

My partner and I are pensively awaiting the arrival of our second child, it's late therefore he’s immediately taking after his mother.  My minor role in the business has been like that of a personal assistant, acting as the arms and legs and attempting bringing comfort to a clearly very uncomfortable lady.  It is rather spectacularly cruel what a lady goes through whilst constructing a child from within as in most cases comfort is unobtainable.  At the beginning, before they even realise that they are pregnant, the body provides prompts.  Hangover symptoms are forced upon them without even having drunk any alcohol.  Most of these side effects people know about, even the most oblivious has an idea of what to expect where you or someone else is expecting.  It’s the things you don’t expect when you’re expecting, particularly when you're overdue, that are more interesting, and these will likely differ on a case by case basis. Mobility is taken for granted...