Category Archives: Parenthood

Who’s the better parent?

This week’s prompt asks the question: ‘Are women better parents than men?’ Someone (I suspect it was a man) once said that when you’re a child you learn the difference between right and wrong and when you get married you learn the difference between right and ‘correct’. Hubby and I laugh over this, but there… Read More

Word of the Week – Kaleidoscope

It’s been quite a mixed week this week, and so my word of the week is:   Just a big mixture of the little moments that make up the kaleidoscope of life as a parent. We’ve had: Exasperating moments – the night when both girls decided to resist sleep at bedtime for over three hours… Read More

My life as a mummy – in musical theatre songs

1) The Ladies Singing Their Song – Baby the Musical “Strangers acting like they’ve always known me They poke me, they stroke me, they treat me like they own me.” This song is all about how when you’re pregnant, you suddenly become public property and complete strangers seem to think it’s totally acceptable to touch… Read More

Timeline of my day

03:30 – Sophie wakes. Feed Sophie to try and get her back to sleep 04:00 – Sophie finishes feed. Put in cot and return to minuscule space left in bed as Jessica is in with us, having woken up as we were going to bed last night and not wanted to settle back down in… Read More

Word of the Week – Challenging

Feeling quite sleep-deprived this week and so my word of the week is: For me, sleep (or the lack of it!) is one of the most challenging things about motherhood. Sophie, beautiful wonderful baby though she is, is a bit of a pickle when it comes to bedtime. Getting her to sleep has been a… Read More

Slow Down, Time

Slow down, time, don’t go so fast I want to make these moments last My little ones, so sweet, so small Will all too soon grow big and tall Baby at the breast, filling her little tummy With tiny hands keeps patting Mummy Snuggling close as close can be Tender moments for baby and me… Read More