29 Thursday Sep 2011
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Tomorrow afternoon I will kiss my daughter goodbye and board a train to the bright lights of London.
I’m hoping it won’t be a packed train, because I will be armed with some hair straighteners, a huge pair of heels and a rather pretty dress from Ellos. Oh and about ten tonnes of make-up, a camera and some very, very big pants. Continue reading »
28 Wednesday Sep 2011
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When we first looked around the house we live in now, we were so excited by the fact it had a dishwasher, we didn’t realise there was no fridge.
On the day we moved in to our home, three weeks late because of heavy snow, we ended up having to keep the milk outside in the back garden while we waited for a fridge to be delivered.
But it didn’t matter, because we had a shed: Continue reading »
27 Tuesday Sep 2011
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Being a baby has just got a whole lot better.
As if being served like a queen on demand, sleeping for three hours every day and spending the rest of the time playing wasn’t good enough, Frog now has a new pair of pyjamas to make her life complete. Continue reading »
26 Monday Sep 2011
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I’ve come to the conclusion that I have an abnormally bright child.
Hear me out on this one…
It’s all to do with the walking.
I have never been one of those parents to brag about their child’s advanced developmental milestones. Mainly because my child hasn’t reached these supposed milestones before any of her peers. In fact, she’s always been last. Continue reading »
25 Sunday Sep 2011
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22 Thursday Sep 2011
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This time last week I was panicking about abandoning my child.
When I say “abandoning” I actually mean leaving her with a fully competent, registered and rather lovely childminder. But you know how I like to veer towards the drama, so I’ll stick with “abandon”.
As a freelance journalist I don’t do regular hours. Sometimes I do radio work (usually while Daddy Daycare’s around during the school holidays) and sometimes I work from home writing articles for various websites and magazines. Sometimes I sit around and eat biscuits all day and don’t do much of anything at all. But most of the time I juggle. With lots and lots of balls. Continue reading »
19 Monday Sep 2011
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Her name was April.
She had blonde hair.
She was firm but gentle, calm and quiet. She had warm hands. Continue reading »
18 Sunday Sep 2011
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15 Thursday Sep 2011
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I wrote an article for Real Parenting recently. I don’t usually put my articles on the blog, preferring to keep it a seperate space from other writing I do, but this piece was a personal one.
You see, I was admitting to something I haven’t ever admitted to before. Continue reading »
14 Wednesday Sep 2011
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This is me, pre-Frog.
Actually, it’s not quite pre-Frog; Frog is there, albeit the size of an orange, hidden under my jumper. But she hadn’t properly arrived in the world, not yet.
This photograph was taken at Christmas time in 2009. I was pregnant, having only recently “announced” the news to friends and family. I had no idea what was ahead, apart from that it involved a baby. And I was excited. Continue reading »
