welcome to just you wait,
a place for honest parents to get comfy talking about the uncomfortable.

From the moment we share our pregnancy news, we’re told (with all good intentions), ‘Just you wait!’ It sets a tone that the worst is always yet to come, and if you think where you are is hard, you ain’t seen nothing yet! And while, yes, the path of parenthood is pathed with tantrums, bumps and a lot of unknowns, it shouldn’t be something to fear. Because, in case someone hasn’t told you yet – you make the rules.

just you wait.
until the morning sickness.
until the contractions.
until your nipples start to bleed.
until the sleep regressions.
until they start teething.
until they start moving.
until they go to nursery.

just you wait unpacks the parenting myths and question the status quo. Here, we ask, what if we stopped waiting for the worst and just started living in the now? If we tuned out the noise and leaned further into our instincts? If we stopped questioning our parenting choices and started feeling confident enough to actually enjoy them?

Here at JYW, one anxious, overthinking, millennial mum shares her personal experience of motherhood – the good, the bad and the infuriating. She explores the many nuances of parenthood and the topics that arise as she navigates life with a threenager and five month old.

She looks at why our experiences are so often punctuated with a laundry list of things to fear and how modern parenting – especially in an age of social media – leaves many of us living in limbo, ‘just waiting’ (as we’re so often told to) for the next difficult part, and in fear of ‘getting it wrong’.

Expect honesty, humour and real emotion as we attempt to get comfy by talking about the uncomfortable.

just you wait…

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