---
canonical: https://aderettherapy.com.au/resources/a-hot-cup-of-tea-original/
title: A Hot Cup of Tea (Original)
slug: a-hot-cup-of-tea-original
date: 2026-10-02
type: song
status: published
image: signal-2026-09-28-15-12-23-094_002.jpg
image_alt: Aderet Therapy Weekly video thumbnail for the original song 'A Hot Cup of Tea', 1 October 2026
summary: A song for the mum on the first night home from hospital with a sick child, when the fear and exhaustion of the past few days finally flood in.
keywords: coming home from hospital, child in hospital, first night home, parent wellbeing, looking after yourself, paediatric physiotherapy, paediatric physiotherapy Campbelltown, parenting podcast, original song, children's song, NDIS
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFiGp9MJJCQ
---
Nobody loves their little child being sick. This is for the mum on that first night home from hospital. The emotional toll of the past few days flooding in: the fear, the uncertainity, the exhaustion. It can be hard, but you are not alone. Take a moment for yourself.

Aderet Therapy Weekly is a weekly paediatric physiotherapy podcast for parents of babies and young children, made by Aderet Therapy in Campbelltown, in the Macarthur region of NSW. Each episode mixes short talk segments with original songs written for the week's topic. This is a song from the episode "Why does your child keep bumping into the same doorway?".

This has been created with the help of AI.

## Links

- [Aderet Therapy](https://aderettherapy.com.au)
- [Listen to the full episode (Aderet Therapy Weekly, 28 September 2026)](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0cU3cewCbWcrKeZghgPSli?si=1cW2Q6z3QDutcr8a94roMg)

## Lyrics

**Verse**

I signed the forms and packed the bag

And clicked you in your seat

Five days of beeping, charts and plans

And barely stopped to eat

**Chorus**

Just one hot cup of tea, still warm

Just one minute that's mine

I held it all the whole week through

Now I'll let myself cry

**Verse**

No screen to beep if something's wrong

It's only me awake

My hand upon your little chest

I count each breath you take

**Chorus**

Just one hot cup of tea, still warm

Just one minute that's mine

I held it all the whole week through

Now I'll let myself cry

**Verse**

I held my nerve out on the ward

The mum I had to be

Now I'm crying at the kettle

I'm finally just me

**Chorus**

Just one hot cup of tea, still warm

Just one minute that's mine

I held it all the whole week through

Now I'll let myself cry

**Bridge**

Tonight, in kitchens just like mine

Another mum's up too

And if she made it, so can I

This cup will see me through

**Outro**

You're home, and you're sleeping

And the washing can wait

So I'll drink my tea while it's hot

'Cause I got us through today

## Disclaimer

This song and this video are general information. Every child is unique, and nothing here is medical advice or a substitute for a conversation with your GP, your child and family health nurse, or your physiotherapist. The episode this song comes from says what can and cannot be supported by evidence; the song does not make clinical claims.

## About Aderet Therapy

Paediatric physiotherapy for newborns to 18 years: gross motor development, assistive technology, communication physiotherapy, aquatic physiotherapy, key worker early intervention, school holiday programs, and the free Little Movers League community sessions. NDIS, Medicare and private health.

Suite 10, 261 Queen Street, Campbelltown NSW. Wheelchair accessible, free parking.

Phone 02 4949 7276 · info@aderettherapy.com.au · aderettherapy.com.au

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