I won’t be the first to think it, nor will I be the last, as I have to summon up every last shred of pride I have, to not collapse in a sobbing heap in aisle six of Sainsbury’s: ‘I am trapped in a hell of my own creation; two tiny boys’. The day started extremely and unexpectedly well after hubby […]
The first Monday of 2011 dawns wet and miserable; pretty much what you would expect from a winter’s day on the west coast of Scotland. Technically I’m still on maternity leave so would be well within my rights to snuggle back down on the sofa with the kids and watch Toy Story 3 for about the sixteenth […]
A belated Merry Christmas to you all! Well, my delightful baby boy is 17 weeks old now and the madness of Christmas has passed for another year so I thought it was about time I put pen to paper. Or fingers to keyboard at the very least. I don’t want to jinx it, but the nipper is actually going […]
After the birth of my baby boy in August, I am currently on maternity leave until 2011. I am still checking emails, although less frequently than I would like, so it may take me a little longer than usual to get back to you. I’m enjoying my time off with my boys, but if you have a particularly interesting project […]
Freedom of speech: where to draw the line? Unless they’ve been hiding on a desert island somewhere for the past few days, anyone interested in parenting issues will have doubtless come across the debate sparked by Kathryn Blundell’s controversial article ‘I formula fed. So what?’ in this month’s ‘Mother and Baby’ magazine. The article, which describes breastfeeding […]