Remember that Avril Lavigne song ‘These Things I’ll Never Say’? Here are some of mine now I’m a Mum to a one-year-old. Do any of these ring true for you?
- Yes, of course we can disturb his routine this once – I can’t see there being too much fallout.
2. Mmm, I love the smell of nappies in the morning.
3. Hahahahahahaha this motion sensitive singing toy, with no apparent off-switch, is really funny.
4. This story about a lazy, binge-eating caterpillar, is utterly compelling reading

*Yawn*
5. I am fully able to enjoy this bath without thinking of the huge t*rd I’ve just cleaned out of it
6. I’ve got so much time on my hands, I might apply for the Bake Off this year
7. I feel like a new woman after that 3 and a half hours sleep I got last night.
8. Weeeee! Running up and down the stairs to my baby who won’t nap/sleep is the new Spinning
9. This space on the floor by the cot is really very comfy

Sorry Mary, maybe next year…*
10. Oh, you’ve really found your voice, well done you!
11. Pelvic floor exercises are just so easy to fit into my day
12. You’d rather fire my lovingly crafted, homemade fish pie ‘ around the kitchen than eat it. Ah, that’s very, very funny… really

Fish pie. Delicious, nutritious, very ‘throwable’
13. Mmm, cold toast
14. Mmm, cold coffee
15. I’d better not have a gin tonight, I’m a Mum now
What things don’t you say these days?
*Original image of Mary Berry from look.co.uk – or here – LOOK MAG MARY BERRY TV