Dear red wine. I miss you. Since we’ve been apart (four months and 11 days, not that I’m counting), you’ve been everywhere around me. As I write this the lady next to me on the train is drinking you, from a mini plastic bottle decanted into a flimsy clear plastic […]
Parenting
Things to do while pregnant – 20 weeks
Answer = Get new hair. Since I’ve been pregnant, I’ve thought of practically nothing else. Which I guess is normal, given that I’ve never grown another human before. But it can be pretty consuming: nine months is a long time to entertain just the one thought. I hadn’t been to […]
Feeling baby kick for the first time
I’d read online about feeling your baby kick, expecting to feel some ‘movement’ at around 18-20 weeks (thanks NHS etc) that felt like flutters. And I did – at around 16-17 weeks I felt bubble like feelings in my tummy that at first I couldn’t tell if they were the […]
The 10 things nobody told me about being pregnant
I knew nothing… And these things have surprised me thus far. Weird dreams: Things can get a little trippy in the dream department. Obviously you’re going to bed with a head full of thoughts and worries that you’ve never had before and it can play havoc with your dreamscape. The […]
The hunt for the perfect nursery wallpaper: Part 1
Over a year ago, before I was married or had even thought the word ‘baby’, I went to a House & Garden sample sale in Vogue House. From the fabric off-cuts, quirky painted light shades and beautiful coffee table books I picked out a roll of wallpaper. Pale green with […]