‘I’m woken by screaming every morning’ I explained to my colleagues, none of whom are parents themselves, proving once again that I am occasionally a poor ambassador for the child-rearing life. Someone’s alarm had gone off in the office, prompting me to tell them why I haven’t needed one in six years.
This is true. Since the birth of my kids, there has never been a day when they’ve stayed asleep long enough for me to risk being late for anything. For a good few months each year, I beat the sun to its desk. My daughter wakes up at 6.30am, and my day begins.
