Get happy
I'm in the dying days of my maternity leave and I can already feel myself being swept up in work again. Before I had Nora, everybody wanted to tell me how *hard* it would be. But I think working as an emergency doctor is unusually good preparation for caring for a baby. It's unpredictable, thankless and there's no end in sight. Of course there are good bits too. So I want to buck the trend and write about these. You can just fill in the blanks about all the boring bits like changing nappies and shush-patting and breast pumps. 1. No-plastic fantastic I developed an obsession with buying groceries sans packaging. Handily, there's a Friends of the Earth co-op at the end of my street that sells all sort of things by weight. I just take my own containers up there and buy oats, rice, tea, dishwashing liquid, flour, spices....It is extremely satisfying. Admittedly I got some dirty looks when I took my shopping bag full of disposable nappies in, but at le