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  • Most Recent,  Relationships

    The Secret Lives of Parents: What Happens Before 7am

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     What happens before 7am? Let me tell you.  It isn’t good.  Nothing good happens before 7am (similar to my rule of parties in my twenties – nothing good happens after 2am.  Go home at 2am.  If I’m up at 2am now it is for very different reasons.  Rarely featuring tequila.) So, before 7am, when non-parents’ alarms go off still leaving them time for the gym before work, or maybe a couple of presses of the snooze button… what do we do? 1.   We negotiate.  Think Theresa May and her hard Brexit, but we are working on bed-exit.  You may NOT get out of bed until the sun on the Groclock…

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    To All The Mums Out There, It Is Okay to Take a Break

    March 23, 2017

    [Mental Health Awareness Week] Striving for Perfection in a Seemingly Perfect World

    May 15, 2017

    A letter for those who don’t “believe” depression.

    October 27, 2017
  • Most Recent,  Postnatal Depression

    PND – Why Aren’t We Talking About It?

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    How come we still aren’t talking about it?  Why is it still so hush-hush? At Christmas, when charity buckets rattle collecting spare change for mental health charities, why am I still reading that new mums feel guilt and fear around the blues that follow the birth of a baby. If I broke my leg, I’d tell people.  Hell, I’d probably put a witty post on Facebook and filter a snap of my cast on Instagram.  And I’d sit back and wait for the sympathy.  When I have a cold I ask my husband to pick up some Lemsip, a copy of Grazia and a KitKat and I demand full control of…

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    For most mothers, especially new ones, giving birth is a joyous occasion. It is one of life’s treasured moments. After months of anticipation, your bundle of joy is now in your arms. Life will never be the same again. Along with the new addition to your family comes new challenges. Adjustments have to be made and priorities will need to be rearranged. With all the commotion that comes with a new baby, there is a tendency to forget one important factor: caring for yourself.

    Caring for Yourself when You’re Caring for a Newborn

    February 26, 2018

    Childbirth: Expectations VS Reality

    April 10, 2017

    I Had No Problem Leaving My Baby

    September 27, 2018
  • Most Recent,  Working Mum

    To all parents – stop beating yourself up

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    As a parent, you have multiple balls in the air at any one time.  Actually, scrap that, as a non-parent I was always busy, with work, social life and family commitments.  Throw two babies into the mix, and something is bound to give. My phone died on me this week, and whilst I got it fixed quickly, it’s left a bug in the system.  Numerous appointments have fallen out of my schedule, and so when friends have texted to confirm I’ve had to apologise for double booking myself on what looked like an empty day.  As a super organised people-pleaser, I hate letting people down, and issue apologetic texts, filled with repentant…

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    5 Truths I Learnt as a New Mum

    March 28, 2017

    Warning: Memories Fade

    September 22, 2017

    Signs of PND and How To Treat Them

    June 17, 2019
  • Please Don't Stop the Music How To Go Out When You're A Parent
    Most Recent,  Mum Fun

    Please Don’t Stop the Music – How to Go Out When You’re A Parent

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    Things I miss since becoming a parent number eleventy billion – going to live music gigs.  Don’t get me wrong, the Peppa Pig soundtrack that is a gentle and constant background in our home is an auditory delight, but it wouldn’t be my Spotify choice (fact – having kids messes with the algorithm).  And so I was very excited about an afternoon of live music in a Shoreditch basement club I’d last seen at 3am many years ago. Adam and Sarada, founders of Wake Up Gigs, met at a music event and have enjoyed live music around the UK ever since.  And then along came Edwin, now an incredibly cute toddler,…

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    Perfect Doesn’t Exist…But Love Does

    August 17, 2017

    My 11 Top Tips for Getting Happy

    October 11, 2017

    4 Ways Postpartum Depression Revolutionized my Marriage

    October 9, 2017
  • Advice from other Mums,  Most Recent

    The 10 Things I’ve Learned Since Becoming a Parent

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    Since becoming a parent, I’ve definitely become gross.  I’m immune to bogies smeared on t-shirts (although I’d rather it wasn’t mine).  I snack on half-fishfingers that have been pushed around a plate and finally rejected.  Once I ate a finger of buttered toast off the floor, as it was easier than walking to the bin.  I can only admit this as every parent I know has done the same thing.  My standards are rock bottom.  But they can probably go lower than that.  What have I learned? Don’t buy anything white, cream, or pastel.  FFS, why would you do such a thing? You can’t have nice things.  My chiffon shirt…

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    5 (Random) Must-Have Baby Buys

    May 30, 2017
    Boys if you’re lucky enough to have great mental health I will help educate you on how to support others. I hope you will be there for the ones you love, friends or colleagues. I hope you will listen: Boys if you’re lucky enough to have great mental health I will help educate you on how to support others. I hope you will be there for the ones you love, friends or colleagues. I hope you will listen.

    6 Gifts New Parents Will Actually Thank You For

    May 14, 2018

    10 things every nursery-going mum should know…

    November 14, 2017
  • Birth

    How to give birth. (Start by shutting your ears.)

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    A friend of mine has just had her baby.  She’s knackered, milky, blissed out, and then knackered again.  Our beloved NHS got her baby out safely – gosh, how easy it is to forget that no matter how tough a labour experience we have we are so very lucky. And yet.  And yet every mama’s journey from conception to delivery is different.  But oh-so-many people tell you what you should be doing.  Don’t touch booze.  One glass won’t hurt.  Sleep on your side.  Sleep on a pillow.  Get a pram.  Use a sling.  And you are sponge-like, soaking up the advice, panicking about the number of muslins you need (double whatever you think),…

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    Childbirth: Expectations VS Reality

    April 10, 2017
  • Most Recent

    It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

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    I’m SO lucky to still have my parents – they are both still around in body and mind, although living three hours away gets them out of babysitting.  The boys adore them, Grandpa kicks a ball and Granny does loads of cuddles and the occasional Scary Look, and it’s a mutually appreciative relationship. Flashback to me, aged 14, in the midst of puberty, shouting at my mum to fuck off because she didn’t understand.  Me, aged 3, infamously refusing to be talked down off a sand-dune, and having an epic tantrum.  Me, a couple of weeks ago, calling my mum because my husband was away and I was knackered and…

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    #This_Is_Motherhood Interview with Kirsty from @Winnettes

    April 26, 2019

    Why Are We So Afraid of Letting Our Kids Get Bored?

    April 25, 2018

    A letter for those who don’t “believe” depression.

    October 27, 2017
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