Eating out at lunchtime is not a regular event. What with the number of highchairs required and the need to work around The Routine, it’s simply easier to stay at home. From time to time, however, the call of the skinny latte is too strong for me to resist, and I load up the triple […]
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Baby Led Weaning
I hate weaning. I was momentarily excited by my very first batch of steaming, blending, freezing and labelling, but it soon lost its appeal when my G&T was presented with a slice but no ice – the freezer section given over to Annabelle Karmel’s finest pea and pear puree. During my second pregnancy I read […]
Identity crisis
There are times when I worry I will disappear entirely under the weight of identities I carry about me as I weave through life. First and foremost I bear the badge of Motherhood, and although the toddler cries of ‘Mu-mmy!’ will in time give way to teenage grunts of ‘Mum!’, my identity will never change. […]
Book review: Instructions not included, by Charlotte Moerman
Those lovely people at Virgin books are forgiven for sending me The One I Hated, because they also sent me this one; The One I Really Quite Enjoyed. I knew I’d like it as soon as I saw that (despite its mom-lit credentials) the cover wasn’t pink with swirly writing and a graphic of a […]
Baby talk
If you were teaching someone a foreign language, would you write down the proper word on the blackboard, or a made-up one of your choosing? Would you require them to end each noun with the letter ‘y’, regardless of the actual spelling? Then why, oh why, do you insist on talking to my children about […]
Is there sex after babies?
Never mind sex before marriage, the hot debate centres on who’s having sex after children. How much, how often, and how soon. Just as soon as the first flush of parental excitement has faded, the new baby is sleeping more than twenty minutes at a time, and you’re able to sit down without an inflatable […]