It’s been a busy few years. Actually, I feel like I have not drawn breath since forever, due to a number of things happening one after the other. It started with my mother-in-law’s death ... Read More
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It’s not the outburst I expected when I unpicked my friend’s four-year-old son from the wall. He knew play was over seeing me stride over after repeated cries to “get off the wall&r... Read More
It was when the dog ate my almond croissant that I seriously considered going on strike. This was the pastry version of the last straw.
The symbolism of my Saturday morning croissant ... Read More
It’s now the first week of September and by Tuesday we are all back at school and work, for until half term. Uniforms were dug out, PE kits found, shoes tried on - and that was just the a... Read More
School starts back next week, and what had appeared as a long road ahead two months ago, has in fact flown. Here in Ireland, the school term finishes even earlier than it did in London. Those school ... Read More
Life is not a fairy tale. I don’t wake up with a full face of makeup, beautifully flowing hair, and a waist the size of a thimble. My husband certainly doesn’t ride around on a fancy... 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
A brown man walks into a pub.......is potentially the start of a humorous observation of ethnic mismatches and misunderstandings that would have been acceptable in the 80's, but actually it conti... Read More
Most of the time I don’t think much about being a working parent or the fact I’m half of a couple of working parents. Our daily juggle is not remarkable and has been our life f... Read More
I need to learn from Commander-in-Chief-Junior’s priorities. He woke me up in the middle of the night murmuring something unintelligible about Dracula. When I asked him in the morning what he d... Read More
Like fellow contributor Jill , we often struggle to get through the regular homework set by the school. My daughter claims that homework is not for weekend days at all, which is a good an... 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
Now that I am doing my best to actually talk to other grownups at school pickup, I’m hearing much of the same frustration across the playground. One of the most common themes is Homework. ... 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