Being a Mum, is falling asleep in the dentists, while she's drilling your teeth, because it's the most relaxed you've been in weeks.
Being a Mum is spending hours traipsing round the house with a wailing toddler looking for 'his tow twuck' before you remember you confiscated it yesterday when he was naughty.
Being a Mum is staring with horror as your baby picks up a peppercorn from the kitchen floor and starts to eat it. But letting it play out.
Being a Mum is realising you have a huge snot smear on the back of your work jacket and having no idea how it happened.
Being a Mum is the tragedy of cutting a tiny finger nail too close and a baby bleeding everywhere. And the health visitor knocking on the door that moment.
Being a Mum is the ability to make cupcakes, pastry and bread without the weighing scales.
Being a Mum is thinking you look cool, then going on a night out and realising you look like a Mum.
Being a Mum is being able to tell your twins identical teddies apart from the way they smell.
Being a Mum is not being phased by a bath poo.
Being a Mum is packing a case for a girly weekend and your toddler asking 'are you excited?'
Being a Mum is heading off on a weekend away and feeling very excited about what you are when you aren't a Mum........
