Little Miss Chatterbox

Today my 5 and a half week baby girl started talking..
Not talking like you and I talk but in her own baby language.
As I sit and type this post I am listening to the sweet sound of baby babble.
The oohs and aaahs and gurgles are a sweet sound that melts my heart and her Daddy's heart.
We are currently doing work things but keep getting distracted by our cute bundle of adorableness that is discovering that sounds can come out of her mouth.
I love watching Anastasia discover her voice, discovering that her toys rattle and knowing that being mega cute gets Mummy and Daddy's attention.
It is worth all the sleepless nights and pooey nappies :-)

Can I help?

Being a new Mum is so rewarding and yet so draining.
By the time you have fed, changed and rocked the baby numerous times you then notice the pile of washing getting bigger, that their seems to be less clean plates than dirty ones and that you are ordering take out more often.
Well that is what is happening for this new Mum!
It gets to the point where everywhere I look there is something to do and it can get depressing :-(

I have found though that I have had so many people offer to give me a hand, let me know that they are there to help if needed and to just give them a call..
My question is how do you actually ask someone for help??
Phone a friend and say "Hey can you please come over and fold washing for me?"
Or when someone asks if they can help say that you would love for them to cook a few meals so that you are actually eating real food and not something out of a frozen packet or a drivethru.
Or better yet and them to scrape the dried weetbix from the bowl that had been sitting on the bench for 2 days (Okay maybe that is a little too far.)

Really though, how do you ask for help??

Like a Machine

Hello all
It has been a while since I have been in the land of blog.
My name is Lami, I am 34 years old and live in Victoria..
I thought that I would start blogging again as I have a new baby who is now 1 month old!!
I have so many thoughts and questions that I wanted to get them out there in the land of cyber Mummy land and see what you all have to say..
I am not a new Mum because I have an 18 year old and an 11 year old but it really does feel like I have never done thing parenting thing before, I am feeling less human every day and more like a machine.

I change the baby, feed the baby, bath the baby, clothe the baby, cuddle the baby and then it seems as though I am doing it all over again..
I am not quite sure where Lami has gone and who this cyborg is that has taken her place.
There are some days that I even find myself in my pyjamas with a baby in my arms well after lunch time and I realize that I really should get dressed before Miss 11 gets home and wonders why Mummy is still in her P'J's!!

Has anyone else gone through this or going through it now??
Will Lami ever come back or am I doomed to be a feeding nappy changing cyborg for eternity??