6 Things A Mum Does Not Want to Hear…Ever.

4. “He’s only in the 10th percentile, are you feeding enough?” drills sergeant maternal health care nurse.

If you fed the child any more your boobs would drop off and your bar mix would blow up. Seriously, between breastfeeding, sippy cups, defrosting cubes of mashed gruel and cleaning up after all of the above while he sleeps, your day could not possibly revolve any more around food. Aren’t those charts based on American formula fed babies anyway?

Harriet Edmund

Harriet is a freelance writer and mother of two energetic (and always hungry) boys. When she’s not attempting to kick a football or cook a double batch of Bolognese, she may be found with a latte in hand and her nose in the newspaper.

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