The Hangover

I wrote this in the middle of the night during one of my 'one eye open' feeds, and I realised how much having a newborn baby is exactly like having a really bad hangover.

So basically what happens is, after a huge night out, you roll in the door at 7am and you are a mess. You are exhausted, moody and have a thumping headache. You have a whole bunch of stuff you know you need to get done during the day, but you don't have to do it if you don't want to ..or.. YOU GET IT DONE and you know by the time 9pm comes around, you can jump into bed and sleep soundly for the next 12 hours. This is also known as the 'catch up sleep'.

Having a newborn baby is uncannily similar, except you don't get to be drunk.

You are still sleep deprived, you are bumbling around like a moron trying to find your phone and realise you've probably dropped it in the toilet at some stage. You probably smell terrible, like you would if you were dancing for 12 hours straight. There's vomit on you, except for once you know it's not yours. You haven't had a shower, and you probably look like this:

You are slurring your words from fatigue and you're too tired to cook and dream of eating something disgusting like McDonalds. 

Want to know what the biggest difference is? You don't get the solid sleep you would after your crazy night out. You just keep doing it. Over and over and over. Every. Single. Day.

Motherhood is bloody HARD and nothing can prepare you for it.

But then, you look into your little bubbas eyes and realise you want to be hungover for the rest of your life.