I enjoy toilet trips on my own (rarely), buying baby clothes (often), & hot cups of coffee (ok, they're cold).
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Dear leggings. ⠀⠀I think its time I said thank you to you. You’ve had my back (thighs?) for 3 years now, but really our love story started long before that. ⠀⠀When my ever-expanding pregnancy belly didn’t fit into jeans anymore. You were there for me. ⠀When my newly postpartum body wasn’t ready to face my […]
I used to force us to go to certain toddler groups for a couple of different reasons.⠀– Friends used to go to them.⠀– Everyone else raved about them so surely it was all in my head?⠀– It was routine.⠀– I felt some kind of odd loyalty.⠀– If we just went ONE MORE time then surely […]
I’ve recently started posting more about Rorys development on my personal Facebook account and with any updates about Rory and his autism I get a lot of comments like “you’re doing such a great job with him” and “he’s so lucky to have you” And I want to scream… “No, you don’t understand… I’m an […]
I will never forget the evening that Elin was born. My second-born child. That sweet girl came into the world like a storm in a teacup! She wasn’t a happy bunny! She came into the world angry and tearful. Hey, I’d be pretty upset to move house too! I was wheeled down to the recovery […]
“When we feel insignificant, sometimes we hold onto anything that made us significant. Even if its a negative thing.” So recently I had a bit of a lightbulb moment while listening to Jen Sincero. I was folding washing and listening to an audiobook (you do you boo) when I had this random epiphany. By the […]
You go to paint your nails and you just know the second you get to the dryish but tacky crucial stage your baby is going to wake up demanding milk or your toddler is going to wake up and for a pee. All things that involve your hands ending up in your nail varnish to […]