With her new baby, mom decides everyone will come to her for the holidays — not the other way around

Christmas is about spending quality time with your family, enjoying a delicious feast, and opening presents.

Not checking your watch every 15 minutes and spending most of the day in the car, dashing from one place to another.

Before I had a baby, I would indulge the multi-visit escapades across Sydney, but that’s not to say I enjoyed it.

Now, with a child of my own, I’ve decided taking her from place to place, in and out of the car seat (you know the feeling!), just isn’t how I want to spend my Christmas, so, it’s not going to happen.

Onto the next destination…

My parents live four hours away, and my in-laws are an hour.

Then there are the aunts and uncles, cousins and family friends who range from 20-45 minutes away.

If everyone had it their way, we’d be back in the car every two hours, not even having digested our meal before moving on to the next visit.

Everyone gets to stay comfortably put in their home while my family and I battle Christmas day…