That First Step
September 24, 2018I also know that without a push he’ll never take that first step himself. He’ll procrastinate and avoid and never know how much he missed out on.
Category: Parenting
Breathing Space
March 18, 2018There is something about this precious in-between time. Hovering at the edge of daytime duties and the slow fall… Continue reading
The Days are Long but the Years are Short
November 30, 2017By the time it’s all done… Everyone has been fed their breakfast. They’re both scrubbed clean of peanut butter smears. Porridge… Continue reading
Finding your Tribe(s)
September 28, 2017Finding your tribe. It’s something you hear mentioned often, particularly when it comes to motherhood. Because ‘it takes a village… Continue reading
One: You’ve Only Just Begun
August 28, 2017It’s somewhere between 8 and 9pm. For the second time in half an hour I unlatch my baby. His head… Continue reading
Leap Six – The Velcro Baby
April 23, 2017With my first baby it was hard not to obsess over each little thing he did or didn’t do. How much… Continue reading
The End of a (Preschool) Era
April 12, 2017Almost four years ago I was at a coffee morning watching a mother weeping over the chances of getting her… Continue reading
What Might Be
February 28, 2017I initially wrote this a few months ago as I solo-parented, and my husband attempted to alter our family’s future. A… Continue reading
The Paint Job
February 15, 2017A short tale about a tin of paint and an excitable 4-year-old. I bet you can tell exactly how the… Continue reading
Big, Bold and Beautiful
January 10, 2017He’s Big To everyone’s surprise, he was a big baby from the start. Off the charts for height and weight at… Continue reading