On sleep, and the measure of a mother… Jack is nine months old now. And he still sleeps terribly. A good night is two or three wakes that last 10 to 15 minutes each and up about 6.15. A bad night is upwards of four wakes with hour-long wakeful stretches […]
Author: Rebecca Cox
News: You Can’t Live off Maternity Pay
Just about to head off on maternity leave, thinking about starting a family, or a new mum cluster-feeding your baby at midnight who just stumbled upon this page in a haze of scrolling? Welcome all. And I hope you have some pennies in the bank, because this rather worrying email […]
Have a Baby, Lose Your Mind
Throughout pregnancy, people often refer to having ‘baby brain’. And while medical studies do note changes to a woman’s brain throughout pregnancy and for two years after birth (specifically in relation to the brain’s response to seeing your child’s face), there’s no actual evidence that motherhood makes you more forgetful. […]
Things I Never Did Before I Was a Parent
Thought you wouldn’t be one of those mums? Think again. Here are 12 things I never thought I’d do… Before becoming a mum. Just put another jumper on to cover up a vomit stain on the one underneath, rather than actually taking the offending item off Say “Thank God for […]
Recipe: Spicy Apricot Chicken & Baby Apricot Swirl
I so wish I’d had this book, My Sugar Free Baby And Me by Dr Sarah Schenker, when Jack was first moving onto solids. With easy-to-make fresh baby purees plus yummy (and healthy) recipes for the whole family, it’s a really great collection for even the most culinary-challenged (that would be me). The […]
It. Never. Stops.
I’m the first of my friends to have a baby, so I get asked a lot to describe motherhood. Obviously I wheel out all the old classics. “It’s exhausting, ha ha!” I say with a laugh as I mentally calculate the number of broken hours of sleep I had the […]
Interiors Obsession: Olli Ella
The trouble with my job at Country & Town House, is that I spend a lot of my time looking at really really beautiful things, especially for the home. And I have a teeny tiny Tasmanian devil that sucks up all my money (and energy / food / time / […]
Butter Bean Brownies
I’ve been struggling for meal ideas recently; with a grumpy toddler it’s easy to fall back on cooking the same old things over and over that you know they’ll eat. So when I was sent a copy of My Sugar Free Baby And Me by Dr Sarah Schenker, I picked out […]
Baby beauty must-have: Childs Farm
I was a beauty editor for a long time. It takes quite a considerable amount to get me excited when it comes to new products. Especially if they’re designed for a baby rather than me. But I am obsessed with this Child’s Farm baby bedtime bubbles in tangerine (£3.99). It […]
5 Things that Break your Back in the First Year of Parenting
Since Jack now weighs about 13kg and I’m still carrying him around in a sling (yes, I’m one of those mums,) this post feels particularly apt… Ouch. Really, really ouch. I knew that parenting would be hard work. But I focused more the emotional aspects and sleep deprivation when I […]