Five Things to be a Good Parent
Back when I was pregnant - in those heady, care-free days before I understood the true meaning of the words "not enough hours in the day" - I bought every parenting book on the market. My appetite for...
View ArticlePostnatal Depression – One Day at a Time
Woop! I finally pull my finger out and write something vaguely meaningful about Postnatal Depression over at The Baby Show's website. Continue reading →
View ArticleAwakening
Something has happened to me in the past year. I am, all of a sudden, overwhelmed by the sheer breadth and depth of deception in the world... Continue reading →
View Article10 Things Nobody Tells You About Parenthood and Children
10 things People Never Tell You about parenthood. Don't say I didn't warn you... Continue reading →
View ArticleSomething Else: A Better Quality of Introspection
Perhaps we don't need to escape from the voice in our heads at all. Perhaps if we listened more to what it had to say, properly evaluated whether we can take anything useful from it and acted...
View ArticleTurns Out I Do Like Parenting
For a long time, I have been harbouring the dark thought that maybe I Just Don't Like Parenting. There, I said it. Obviously, I'm only leaping out of the... Continue reading →
View ArticleRainy Day Recipe: How To Make Perfect Play Dough
Anyone who has spent more than fifteen minutes stuck in the house with a toddler on a rainy day will know that play dough is the way forward. The stuff you buy in the shops is usually ages three and...
View ArticleReturn to Oz
"I think I'd like to make today's session my last." Quiet words. Too small for how huge I feel inside. I have a moment of panic, where I imagine my therapist falls off his chair laughing and tells me...
View ArticleHow to Survive a Home Renovation with a Toddler
My daughter is twenty months old. I'm thirty three weeks pregnant. Seems like the ideal time to rip the back off my house off, no? Right, so I'm clearly a few sandwiches short of a picnic basket, but I...
View ArticleWays to Prevent PND No. 1: Adjust Your Expectations
Thursday To Do List: Drop toddler at nursery Put washing on Drop parcels at post office Tidy house Complete all flagged tasks in Omnifocus Answer Basecamp project notifications Catch up on emails...
View ArticleA Study in Self Pity
I want to be philosophical. I want to be able to smile and say, “I’m getting help. There’s no shame in that. Shit happens.” But at the moment, I just want to go outside and howl at the sky at the...
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