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It’s been a nightmare week with the weather up here, crazy snow which has meant my husbands school has been closed for the last 2 days and I’ve not risked driving all the way to Newcastle in this weather, after all I’m almost 6 months pregnant and last week in the snow it took me almost 3 hours to get there. 3 hours sat in a car when pregnant is not fun!

So with both of us being home, most people have assumed that we have kept Zara at home with us, after all why send her to nursery when we aren’t at work? Well our nursery is 200m up the road and is about the only place we can get to with all this snow and so the option of her not going to nursery just wasn’t considered. Does this make me a bad parent? Even worse, Monday was her first birthday and even with us both being home we STILL sent her to nursery. Good grief I hear you all cry, what evil parents you are!

There are a few reasons that she still goes to nursery and these are:

1) We’ve already paid for the priviledge of her being there, whether she turns up or not!

2) Zara loves going to nursery and really enjoys it

3) We have no other childcare arrangements, I haven’t had a break from looking after Zara since she was born. We have no grandparents or family within 200 miles and so whereas most parents seem to get plenty of breaks from their babies, I haven’t had one! Therefore if I get chance to have a nice relaxing day off from being a mum I am going to snap their hands off

So yes, call me a bad mother if you want but I refuse to feel guilty. Zara is happy, I’m much happier now I’ve had a couple of days to relax and if the weather carries on like this we will continue to take Zara to nursery Don’t get me wrong I love my daughter more than life itself, I’d do absolutely anything for her but EVERY mother deserves a bit of time to herself occasionally

Sorry rant over