
20/07/2025
Well those few months whizzed by 🥹 We've sadly come to the end of our shared parental leave and this family are a little lost and chaotic without being around the house with us 24/7...
With our first child we had the traditional two weeks of paternity leave and we just didn't question it at the time, like it was normal.
Fast forward three years; we are so lucky that my husband now works in a forward thinking company that offers paid, shared parental leave for fathers up to 26 weeks - we took advantage of 16 weeks.
Admittedly, it was not four months of daytime naps and day trips that I had romanticised in my head during pregnancy (oh, how naïve I was about these early months) but it has been a time I'll cherish forever 🫶
Our 3 year old thinks Daddy has returned to work on the London Eye (because that's the only reason you'd commute to London surely?) and now often says to me "no Mummy, not you, I want Daddy because he's my best friend!".
I don't really want to inflate his ego anymore than it already is, so I'll simply say I'm so happy we got to do this part together.
I'll be making a phased return to all things Amber Wellbeing from August to the end of the year, working out a new routine to our weeks and essentially fighting for survival in the game that is me Vs. kids 🤣
Yoga classes are about to become my sanctuary ✨
Naomi