Just ahead of her first Christmas as a mum, Rosanna Davison shares five things she and her husband Wes Quirke have learnt since little Sophia came into their lives four weeks ago.
The model posted a list on her Instagram page and with sleepless nights, endless conversations about nappy changing and occasional, well, regular projectile vomiting, some new parents might recognise themselves in there too.
Here’s what she’s discovered so far:
1. Time has lost all sense of meaning. I now exist in 3-hour windows of feeds, changes & naps. Apparently it’s Christmas in the outside world… or it could be Easter.
2. We’ve never used the word ‘projectile’ as much as we have in the past week.
3. I’ve never felt an all-encompassing love like it… It’s the most incredible feeling and that newborn smell 😍😭
4. Newborns can be relentlessly demanding & at times it can be really really tough. Sophia suffered with colic for the first fortnight & cried all night every night. Thankfully we’ve managed to get it under control & her sleep is mostly much better now but it was so upsetting to see her in pain & we felt like the walking dead 💀
5. Conversations with @wesquirke are now mostly based on nappy changes & feed sizes. And we love it! For so long, we spoke about whether we’d ever be lucky enough to become parents
She mentions that this time of year can be difficult for people who are trying for a baby and she reminds everyone to be kinder to themselves.