I can recall a man helping me down the massive amount of steps at Ruislip Manor Station, when my daughter was tiny and in her pushchair. I was just about to begin the slow 'bump bump bump' down them when he said "Would you like a hand?"

I smiled and thanked him, and he kindly took the bottom of the pushchair, by my daughter's feet and off we set...

By the time we'd got to the bottom of the steps he looked a little pale!

"I had NO idea how heavy pushchairs could be!" he told me. "So many times I've seen women struggling and never again will I walk past them.."

Yup, it's bloody tough being a Mum with a little baby. At least these days you CAN take your pushchair on the bus, then park it, with your baby still sleeping soundly inside it, rather than having to unpack baby, take shopping off pushchair, fold pushchair, find your purse, whilst holding baby, pushchair AND shopping, then take the ticket too, then heave the pushchair up into the luggage rack, deal with screaming baby, who by this time is almost dangling dangerously..throw the shopping on the floor, put purse into bag, hang on to ticket, then deal with now screeching, unhappy, tired baby!

Ah, the memories.... :0)

So yes, spare a thought for Mums, because you rarely see the men doing all that, nor carrying all the shopping home for the family either..

And yes, we ARE Saints! :0)