Ever since DD was born I've been thinking about how much tougher this gig would be if I didn't have a really supportive and involved partner. For the past 2 hours DH and I have been playing tag-team trying to get DD to sleep. I'm still quite calm as I have 'relief' when it all gets too frustrating or stressful but I know how frazzled and 'over it' I have become when I've had to do it by myself.

Everything... shopping, cooking, cleaning, laundry, nappies, dealing with tears and even finding the energy to be fun and play is made a little easier by having back-up. I hope that doesn't come across as in some way boastful that I have a partner. That's not my intention at all. It's just that this experience keeps reminding me how lucky I am and how much harder I would have to work if I were a single Mum.

So I just wanted to take my hat off to you single Mummies. You are AMAZING and I am in awe of you.