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Today the little man is one month, but instead of the usual "everything is happy days photo" I'm posting this one...

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Today the little man is one month old...but instead of the usual "everything is happy days photo" I'm posting this one..
This mum gig is hard but the most amazing journey at the same time!

Ryley... every time I get up to feed you, or can't eat because I can't put you down, or when you just need to be on mum because that's where you were for the last 10months of your life... I just think how lucky we are to have such a healthy, loving little boy in our lives.

But..... Today I'm tired, you have been on me since 5am and it doesn't seem like you will be moving anytime soon. So instead of getting angry or upset I just sat here thinking how special this actually is...

So today I post this picture of the tears rolling down my face and yes they might be from exhaustion, maybe a bit of hunger (hehe) but they actually just started because I have such an overwhelming amount of love for you little guy!

Massive shout out to all the mummas and the pappas out there... Our babies are lucky to have us! ❤ 😘

Happy 1 month Ryley Joseph O'Brien

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