Emma Lane, Founder of Rockabye Bibs & Bobs

I think every mum is a ‘more than mutha’ no matter what we are doing or how big our family is we are juggling, on a daily/hourly basis! I’m a mum to three boys, 8, 5 and nearly 2. I work part time, 3 days a week for a Charity which I love. I then have my other businesses which I feel passionately about. I make children’s dribble bibs and other toddler apparel, something I’ve been doing since my middle boy was about 6 months old.

I am a baby wearing consultant, so I help families to carry their babies/children safely and comfortably. I have been a Tropic Skin Care Ambassador for just over a year now, using products which are cruelty free, vegan and 100% naturally derived. Free from chemicals, synthetic fragrances, and parabens. Safe for my family and the environment.

YES! friends and family do wonder how I manage to do everything that I do, I think I wonder sometimes too. I have lots of interests, its important for me to acknowledge them, and make some time to enjoy these things. My family does come first of course, but to be a good mum I need this ‘Emma’ time.

We had our last baby in July 2016, I love being a mum and my favourite part is those early days, where they are so dependent on you, so tiny and I can wrap them up on my skin in a sling and focus on that bonding time. They grow and change so quickly, and it happens quicker each time. I think I focus so heavily on those first few years, until they become a little more independent, that its only now I’m coming out the other side again. I’m breastfeeding my youngest still (why do I say still like I shouldn’t be) which I’m 100% fine with. We are at a point we can go out for an evening and a close friend or family member can put him to bed. So yes, I think after a few years with each of them I started to feel like I could reach out and find my own identity again.

My husband is great, he will happily have all three, or do bedtime duties on his own if I need to head off to a pamper or consult. We are a team, and we do share things, he might not always do things in the same way I would, but they get done! Friends are very important too, always good to catch up over a glass of wine or a G&T!

We judge ourselves the most I think, we may worry what others are thinking about us, but I think we do put the most pressure on ourselves. I think things are changing though, or maybe its with time I am realising who those people are that I want to have around me? Take each day as it comes, its a new day, let go of the negatives from the previous day and start a fresh.

Just do what feels right for you, seek those that will support you, help you, give you that hug or glass of wine when its the end of a long week. Its important to give yourself the time and space to do something that’s just for you, whether that’s some time focused to your own business, a walk, a pamper, reading a book, 10 minutes alone in the bathroom without being pestered by the family! You are enough, you are doing a great job, cut yourself some slack!

Who would you like to see featured next in the #MoreThanAMutha series?

Have lots of people I would love to see, bit hopefully they will nominate themselves after having a read through of the interviews and be inspired!