Me

I have craved writing something, anything for a few weeks now. I've wanted to exercise some form of creativity and I have missed my blog so much. And then I realised that the fact I had nothing to write about was in fact the perfect thing to write about.Having both children in school was some …

The Default Parent

Being the default parent is mentally physically and emotionally draining. I can't log off, there's always outstanding tasks that need attending to and the bosses are regularly screaming at me. And returning to school has upped the ante on the demands of default parenting to the point where I am shattered. The instant response to …

Hot drink

I'm sorry I accepted that drink nice and hot And didn't once check if you sipped yours or not I'm sorry I watched as you stripped her again To change yet another dirty nappy and then,She cried and she cried and she just wouldn't settle I'm sorry I thought it was just she was little …

World Breastfeeding Week 2022

World breastfeeding week has rolled around again and now that breastfeeding feels a distant memory for me, my retrospective feelings on it have began to change. I don't think I truly appreciated how lucky I was that, by chance, I was surrounded by new mums who were also breastfeeding. For me, it was a relatively …

School’s Out!

We made it! An entire year of school completed, all while still being just four years old. And what a year it's been. Those early days feel a lifetime ago. While COVID seems a distant memory now, it was still at the forefront of minds when school started. No settling in sessions or school tours …

Two within Two

With jack's birthday having passed and now being a parent to a 3 year old and a 4 year old, I always reflect on the small age gap between them and wonder was it for the best. Of course there are pros and cons to everything in parenting, and the more time goes on the …

You’ll miss it when…

No, I won't. The sentence beginning "you'll miss it when..." is often finished with a nostalgic sigh and almost always meant with good intentions. A reminder that the time will pass and that the moment should be cherished. But in itself, that sentiment creates a bubbling guilt if you aren't enjoying every single day of …

And breathe

And breathe. I know we are now a week into the Easter holidays, but last Friday, as Alice came out of the school gates, we all breathed a huge collective sigh of ginger relief. We'd made it. We'd survived another term. The novelty of school has certainly worn off now that we are two thirds …

Gender disappointment

I had never heard of gender disappointment. Until I experienced it first hand. When I was pregnant I was convinced I was having a boy based solely on my desperate want for a son. I had always envisaged having two brothers, I think in part because I am not stereotypically "girly" by nature; I have …

Letters to my children on International Women’s Day 2022

To my sweet Alice,For the entirety of your four wonderful years on this earth so far, it has consciously been on my mind to instill in you that you can do whatever you want to do, and be whoever you want to be. And I never thought anything of it until Jack came along and …