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As some of you may know from my blog earlier in the year about Mum guilt, I returned from maternity in September of last year. A whole year ago. Where did that time go? I wanted to use this blog to r... Read More
I recently returned to work after 10 months’ of maternity leave and I’ll be honest, it’s been a tumultuous time. Whilst I was off my company merged with another so I left employed b... Read More
Our amazing nanny is pregnant, and whilst I am really pleased for her, it leaves me with a gap…
Nannies can be a good option for dual-career couples. Having a nanny at your home with a mo... Read More
After not going abroad since May 2019 (just as a couple – oh the luxury!) we decided the time had finally come to venture back into the big wide world and do our first family trip abroad with a... Read More
Now that the sun is shining (FINALLY) I can feel the summer holidays approaching and more milestones about to fly past. Our summer-born son has almost finished Reception (he will still be ... Read More
"It's not fair". The soundtrack of our (parenting) lives, the title of my memoirs, the last line on the end credits scene at my funeral.
When you have siblings, life is... Read More
My son Logan was born in September 2019 and six months into my maternity leave the UK went into its first ‘Lockdown’. Initially I felt that my ‘special time’ had unfairly been... Read More
Ten years ago, I saw an email from Citymothers seeking applications for a blog they were about to launch. I had three children under the age of eight, childcare we couldn’t afford, a husband ab... Read More
This summer, we have been exposed to the beginnings of what it feels like to be the parents of a teenager, and it’s left both of us feeling exactly that: utterly exposed, totally lost and rathe... Read More