The Mission Of Mother Part 2
Last Monday I set a challenge for myself to think about the words that I want to define the way that I parent – words I can use to form a mission statement for myself as a Mum. These are my words....
View ArticleThe Hard Work of Motherhood
As I surveyed the food smeared on the floor of the kitchen and living room, courtesy of Little Bear I sighed. I really didn’t realise that motherhood was like this. The monotony The repetition The...
View ArticleSick Kids, Motherhood and Hard Choices
Today I should be at the Problogger Training Day but I’m not. Since Monday afternoon when I took Bliss to the Dr with a temp of 38.6 I’ve had a feeling today wasn’t going to happen for me. When I took...
View ArticleHow To Be A Happy Mum
How are you feeling today? Happy? Flat? Excited? Stumped? I’ve got something super lovely to share with you today that’s bound to get you smiling. The incredibly gorgeous and wonderful Naomi, from...
View ArticleI Don’t Know How She Does It
It was no small irony that a couple of weeks ago an amazing gift pack with the film “I Don’t Know How She Does It” arrived on my doorstep. It was a Wednesday and I had had one of those crazy days you...
View ArticleMothers are born not made, or is it made not born? I’m confused…
Do you know what I think is one of the biggest lies (or misconceptions) going about motherhood? It’s that mothers are born, not made. Mothers are not born, babies are. Mothers are no more born in...
View ArticleDo you like your children?
And do they know it? The older Bliss gets, the more I find myself not just loving her to pieces but really liking her as a person. She’s fun, funny, unfailingly kind and thoughtful, gentle and yet...
View ArticleOutnumbered
Today is a day where I have well and truly felt outnumbered. Three children is absolutely exhausting…or rather, can be absolutely exhausting, and wild, and loud – so very loud. But then there is this....
View ArticleAs ready as I’ll ever be.
Tomorrow is the day. She knows it and seems both excited and nervous at once. The idea of going “every day” has started to creep in and I’m not sure it’s an entirely welcome idea for her yet. That’s OK...
View ArticleAnd then there were five
On the eve of Little Blue’s 1st birthday I find myself reflecting on the changes that have come with his arrival over the past year. It would be easy to skip over documenting this because putting them...
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