Parenting

On wishing away my son’s first year. And then wishing it back again. Dear Jack, Please slow down. You’re moving too fast. With every new achievement and every milestone you reach I clap and coo and encourage you to take that extra step, to say that sound again. When you […]

Another day that started before I was ready. He’ll go back to sleep in a minute if I ignore him. He seems to be getting louder. Yep, he’s definitely awake. I really should sort out the curtains in this room. Maybe I can sleep through his noise if I put […]

(Nobody else is finding this cute right now, Jack.) Grabs hold of a stranger’s nose and pulls. Pulls a stranger’s hair so hard they have to drop their head to the side at comedy lightning speed. Picks something up and drops it repeatedly expecting you to pick it up. Sneezes […]

I can’t really be arsed to be outraged about anything these days. I’m too tired. But a friend sent me this link today, and encouraged me to blog about it. She was outraged. Steph’s ‘How To Spot A Mum On A Night Out‘ blog is just a bit of HuffPost […]

I really would like some sleep now. Since we started weaning / Jack started teething / life-and-stuff, Jack’s sleep has taken another major backwards step. Sometimes he wakes twice, sometimes three or four times, which I could cope with – but often the wakes, which used to be a 10-minute feed […]

Jamie Oliver’s pro-breastfeeding campaign was never going to go well. Pretty much anyone commenting on breastfeeding in any circumstances is asking for a backlash in its strongest terms. But when that person is a man, making bold statements about women’s choices… Cue media meltdown. I’ve been reading the back-and-forth debates […]

I swear someone told me that the magical powers of breastfeeding stopped babies getting ill. Or something along those lines. MORE LIES. Jack has had approximately 18 colds in his six months of life. And babies are notoriously bad at blowing their nose. When they have a cold, inevitably you have a […]

Those of you who have read my other posts will know that I lean toward the ranty/moany/why-won’t-this-child-just-go-the-f-to-sleep type of blogger.  Maybe I’m feeling emotional after my first Mother’s Day. Maybe I’m full of love after a fairly decent night’s sleep. Maybe I’m slightly high on the it’s-Monday-and-I’m-not-at-work feeling.  But I thought I’d […]

Two years ago, I was planning a wedding, moving house and starting a new role covering for my boss running Glamour.com. I’m not someone who talks about ‘life goals’ (too cynical), more ‘cheese goals’ and ‘goals scored by Southampton FC’, but if I was, at that moment in time, I […]