My gorgeous girl. Today you are 4. Every day as we leave your pre-school room, you are rigidly disciplined about moving your name from the registration boards to the basket. There are 4 boards, depicting various moods from sad to furious. Each morning as you go in, you choose which colour board to put your … Continue reading A letter to my green board girl
One Year Ago Today
One year ago today I woke up from full abdominal repair surgery. I really don't remember the pain at that time. But I vividly remember looking at the nurse aghast when she said I didn't need to take off the corset I found I had been squeezed into when I wanted to go to the … Continue reading One Year Ago Today
Outside Our Front Door
There'll be no picture by the door Each year my feed was such a bore Where other kids have stood before It almost felt a silent law. On it went until I screamed These aren't my kids, they aren't my dreams But on it went and so I swore There'd be no picture by the … Continue reading Outside Our Front Door
Another World Away
Life is running away with me right now and I barely have time to breathe let alone write. Prepping for a holiday almost takes the pleasure of it away for me. I'm basically doing the work I would be doing then, now. It is all consuming and, after a worrying week with Artie having an … Continue reading Another World Away
Time Flies
June 2018 and one very stressed out (newish) mother of two races around the nursery summer festival trying to keep track of an overexcited 3 year old whilst trying to soothe a refluxing 3 month old who is overtired but refusing to sleep in the sling. (Sidenote - Phoebe has never slept in public once … Continue reading Time Flies
14 Weeks In
It turns out that two kids and a full time job makes you very busy. Very busy indeed. I realise that people manage with many more children than I have. And multiple jobs. But honestly I have no idea how. No. Idea. At. All. I am exhausted at every minute of the day and I … Continue reading 14 Weeks In
And then there was you
It's taken me a little while to work out how I wanted this post to go. The post where I announce how stunned I am that a whole year has gone by since you joined us on this planet. How the time has flown and how I can't ever imagine a day when you weren't … Continue reading And then there was you
3 Weeks Later
I still hurt. I had hoped I wouldn't be saying that at this point. But the truth is, it hurts. Not the sort of hurt which requires painkillers anymore (I couldn't wait to be rid of them) but the sort of uncomfortable that makes you really really bloody grumpy. And the itching. Oh the itching. … Continue reading 3 Weeks Later
The Elephant In The Room
"When's the baby due?" "Pardon?" "When's the baby due?" (usually said whilst pointing at my tummy) "Oh no, I'm not pregnant. This is the baby" (as I point to my 10-month old daughter who is the size of an 18-month old and has the hair of a 4-year old) And then I spend the next … Continue reading The Elephant In The Room
An Ode To Nursery Bugs
Ah ha we meet again my friends You scoundrels and you fiends You’ve clearly had some time to prep You’re well primed and you’re preened You sit and lurk on surfaces You watch and laugh on toys Then seize your chance and transfer onto little girls and boys So innocent and pure they were Until … Continue reading An Ode To Nursery Bugs
Inside The Mum 