My favourite thing in the whole wide world seeing Master Menzies smile and laugh. All of my worries and exhaustion just melts away and I get swept up in the moment looking at my little person being as happy as he possibly can be in that moment.

Until he began to smile it was hard. It was hard putting my soul into making sure this little person had all he needed and getting nothing in return. Now I get something in return. I get a smile when he wakes up. I get a giggle when he pushes off the change table and out of his nappy that I am trying to put on him.

The smiles and the laughter make everything worth it. The late nights, cluster feeds, poo explosions and I’d hate to say it, the change of my identity of who I am as a person. He is everything to me, and he has the cheekiest little face that makes everything worth while.