Tales from the Far Side: Blair Mitch is now a Mum.

Are you familiar with Gary Larsen’s Far Side - an insightful and endearing cartoon series featuring animals? Normally the animals poke fun at humans. I’ve decided that right now if I’m a Far Side character I’d probably be a cow. A milking cow. Read: Big breastfeeding person with fat ankles and pillow feet. But do I care? Hell no. I’m now officially a Mother and trivial things such as appearances are beyond me. Okay, talk to me a few hours from now when I’m actually lucid.

Yes, Blair Mitch has given birth to the most adorable baby in the planet. And there you go: the trademark biased pronouncement of a first time parent. Hubby Christian and I are ecstatic with Julia Michaela, otherwise known as Baby Micky. She weighs 8lbs and 7oz and looks like a sweet little ponkan with her fat, baby cheeks.



I was a happy pregnant person. Or atleast I’m always beaming in my pregnant photos.
While I am thankfully not on a post-partum storm, you won’t find any pics of me real soon. I find post-pregnancy definitely more difficult. The water retention is a real killer and since giving birth I now resemble a kangaroo. Let’s just put it this way: The Binder is my Bestfriend. Makes one wonder what Heidi Klum and Sarah Jessica Parker did to bounce back to washboard abs and flat tummies in zero time.



Truly, having a child is life-changing. From late night-outs to late night-ins doing diaper and feeding duties. From heels to Havaianas. From High fashion to What fashion. I am living in hubby’s soft, long-sleeved shirts - the better for quick breastfeeding sessions. I am now like “this close” to Micky’s Yaya Jasmine. Considering she’s been with us for more or less a week, I have taken to whipping out a boob for Micky’s feeding fix in front of her, without giving it a second thought.

Thankfully I have two and a half months of maternity leave to bond closely with the dear little one and hopefully to squeeze in some gym sessions in between and get my act together. I hope I get the inclination sometime soon because right now my fave haunts include Baby and Co and more Baby and Co.

The funniest thing is that I’ve never been happier. Really, truly overjoyed. I can’t quite describe it but motherhood is really something else.

Hey y’all I’m back. So hopefully I can post blog entries more often. Meanwhile have a restful Holy Week mini-break ahead!