Mum-of-nine shares how she manages to juggle home life and running her own salon
15.05.2022 - 21:13
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A salon owner who has spent more than six years of her life pregnant has shared how she manages to juggle her career alongside being a mum-of-nine.
Amy Edwards, 36, certainly has her hands full in her busy household, where she also chooses to home-educate her children.
Amy, from Brindley Ford, finds herself doing three loads of washing every day and two food shops per week, Stoke-on-Trent Live reports.
Amy, and her partner Shane, make sure to bulk-buy all of the essentials to cater for their blended family of nine, who go through three large bottles of milk and two loaves of bread a day.
She is a proud mum to, Vinny, aged 17; Noah, 16; Wendi-Rose, 14; Shay, 12; Reggie, 11; Belle, aged four; two-year-old Shane; Jesse, who is 18 weeks old; and nine-year-old step-son Logan.
Amy also owns her own hair salon - Colour Code - where she works two days a week.
Amy said: "We have seven bedrooms, but it isn't as massive as it sounds. My step-son shares with the younger boys at the weekends and the baby is still with me and my husband. We're not sure where we're going to end up putting him. We also have two bathrooms and there's always a queue on the landing.
"Our day starts at around 10am. I home-school the children Monday to Thursday. It means the children have a long weekend which is nice.
"Home-schooling allows us as a big family to take it in our stride, no rushing, no dragging people out of bed. We see each other so much and it makes us so close.
"We eat together every evening and my table has to fit 12 people as my son's girlfriend is often around as well, but it works for us. If it wasn't for space, I'd probably have another baby.
"I cook everything pretty much from scratch. I chuck it all in the slow cooker in the morning. I make