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Dear Meghan, I hope I can call you Meghan, or maybe even Meg? It’s a lot less formal than the Duchess of Sussex for sure, but soon you’ll be joining a club where we are ALL on first name terms. …
Continue reading6am Amuse myself by playing with my own feet in bed. Parents are snoring away in the next bedroom. I allow them this moment as they did a good job of entertaining me at 2am when I decided it was…
Continue readingIt is the eternal question that 90 per cent of parents have asked at some stage – when will my baby sleep through the night? Although being with your cute little baby is lovely, magical, precious, a thing of wonder…
Continue readingI remember the moment when I first used the word “impossible” in relation to my kids. My first daughter was barely a week old and we were at home. My house was the place that makes you go to the…
Continue reading6am Wake up, although I use that term loosely because I actually never really went to sleep. I just fed and cried in between bouts of dozing off to get my energy levels back up. Demand food as if I’ve…
Continue readingPicture this. You’re on a beach with a cocktail in your hand, there’s a good book on the table next to you plus a few magazines you’ve been idly flicking through. All you can hear is the sound of the…
Continue readingThis time last year I was a complete wreck. My youngest had been waking frequently – sometimes staying up for hours on end – for nearly 12 months. I was slowly reaching the end of my tether, and losing the…
Continue readingNow that Autumn has landed I’m loving the beautiful new season of toddler clothes that are in the shops right now. Chunky knits, pretty prints, stripes and bold colours have me excited to stock up on a new wardrobe for…
Continue readingWe all know that babies cry, but I think it’s safe to say we don’t have a clue just how difficult it can be to cope with until we’re standing there with a screaming newborn in our arms. Sometimes the…
Continue readingI like to think of myself as a pretty honest person, and yet I tell little white lies to my unsuspecting children every single day. This isn’t to be cruel, it’s not to upset them and I don’t do it…
Continue readingDear tired mama, Right now you are overwhelmed. You feel stretched paper thin and although you don’t tear, you feel fragile and on the verge of ripping apart. You feel like life is moving so quickly you don’t know how…
Continue readingBecoming a parent is tough enough without the stress of eczema. Although this unpleasant condition is quite common among babies and small children (around one in five children in the UK have eczema), when you see it in your own…
Continue readingIt is my most overused word, apart from “no”. I utter it in supermarkets, in car parks, at the playground, while I’m walking down the street, at home, and especially while travelling on public transport. What’s the word? Sorry. I…
Continue readingWhen it comes to giving birth, is there such a thing as TMI? Can you handle the truth? Does hearing about the pain, the blood and the potential problems make you unnecessarily afraid, or is it just preparing you for…
Continue readingFirst-time parents argue 40 per cent more after their child is born, according to counselling organisation Relate. I can tell you, that figure sounds a little conservative to me! After our first child arrived we argued about all manner of…
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