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"Looking after a newborn is like taking charge of a tiny, semi-comatose alcoholic. With great dress sense"

December 1, 2016 13:08
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ByMiriam Elia, Miriam Elia

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I am writing this article nine months pregnant.

I did not write this next sentence until three weeks after giving birth. It is all I can manage.

Now four weeks have passed, and life is a sea of used nappies, baby wipes, and tortured screams.

In many ways, looking after a newborn is like taking charge of a tiny, semi-comatose alcoholic, with great dress sense. So far, my son has been gifted three wedding suits, 100 baby-grows, matching sailor outfits, towels, a selection of designer winter coats from Burberry and Ralph Lauren, and baby rabbit slippers.