

There's a scientific term that perfectly summarises a parent's experience of their baby's first year of life: "wow".
Breathtaking in its simplicity, the term captures what other words simply can't — the soaring highs, the very real lows and the overwhelming feeling of bringing new life into the world.
Some parents will tell you the first year goes by in a blur, but I'm here to tell you that it actually passes in six distinct blur-like phases, from "How are you so small?" all the way through to "I'm sorry, you're telling me it's been A YEAR?".