two umbrellas

Times Online excerpts Backwards in High Heels: The Impossible Art of Being Female by Sarah Vine and Tania Kindersley, where they outline five little lies that parents will sometimes say to non- or soon-to-be parents:

1. It doesn’t matter if she gets fat, the weight will drop off afterwards, especially if she breastfeeds.

2. The birth itself isn’t that bad, and anyway your body is biologically programmed to forget the pain.

3. Breastfeeding can be a little tricky to start with, but in the end she’ll get the hang of it.

4. You get used to not having as much sleep as you used to.

5. The experience of looking after a newborn can really bring two people together.

I shouldn’t say they are lies, per se, maybe just not the whole truth…