This post was originally titled: How I’m keeping sane with three kids. Now, almost three months in and after weeks of editing, it’s now called How I am NOT keeping sane with three kids. Here’s how my life is going since being officially outnumbered.
Motherhood
Two days after I excitedly posted on Facebook about our first Easter as a family of five, James had a fever. A very high fever that started early on Easter Sunday and lasted throughout the week. So our two-week break from reality and routine didn’t go as planned but we did have a few glorious moments.
I am incredibly excited about this blog post and thankful to life coach Alexia Vlahos Kolokasides for writing it and sharing the five most effective ways we can learn to be conscious, calm and loving parents. Grab a cup of tea and be prepared to stop the angry parenting cycle.
During the first few days at the clinic I experienced serious pangs of jealousy. That’s a strange thing to hear coming from a woman who has just had a baby, isn’t it? Well, not when she’s just had her third baby and is surrounded by first-time mothers.
One minute I was having a meeting with Georgie’s teacher and the next I was having contractions and walking up a hill.
That evening, on Valentine’s Day, we welcomed our beautiful baby boy, Danny.
Here’s everything that happened in between. My birth story and second VBAC told through my phone photos and pictures taken by my wonderful doula on the day.