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11 Things I Didn’t Know About Toddlers Until I Had One

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11 Things I Didn’t Know About Toddlers Until I Had One

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 6 Comments 10 min read

Some random thoughts on my second year of parenthood, and what it’s like raising a toddler…

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If your kid is wearing a half-assed Halloween costume today, come sit with me…

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If your kid is wearing a half-assed Halloween costume today, come sit with me…

October 31, 2019 21 Comments 8 min read

Does a 1 year old really NEED a Halloween costume, though? Asking for a friend…

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Trying to leave the house with a toddler is like breaking out of Alcatraz

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Trying to leave the house with a toddler is like breaking out of Alcatraz

October 21, 2019October 30, 2019 8 Comments 4 min read

It also has the ability to totally warp time, not even joking.

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The Hardest Thing About Parenthood is All the People You Have to Talk To

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019 26 Comments 6 min read

Max and I on the beach in Bulgaria, September 2019

Because parenthood can be tough for the over-thinkers of the world. Here are some of my thoughts on parenting when you have social anxiety (or are just a bit anti-social, really…)

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11 Things I Miss About Life Before Children

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11 Things I Miss About Life Before Children

September 23, 2019November 27, 2019 26 Comments 8 min read

When you have children, you temporarily say goodbye to some aspects of your old life. These are the things I miss most about life BC…

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What’s the hardest stage of parenthood?

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What’s the hardest stage of parenthood?

August 6, 2019November 25, 2019 23 Comments 5 min read

When Max was tiny, I thought parenting a newborn must surely be the hardest thing in the entire world. I was wrong…

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Parenting With Anxiety

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Parenting With Anxiety

July 15, 2019October 15, 2019 18 Comments 6 min read

What it’s like to parent when every single day brings something new to worry about…

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Can you still call it ‘baby brain’ 18 months later?

June 26, 2019September 4, 2019 19 Comments 6 min read

Mummy and Max, Florida 2019

Is ‘baby brain’ real, or am I just getting more and more absent-minded?

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4 Things That Make Holidaying With a Toddler Harder Than Nuclear Physics*

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4 Things That Make Holidaying With a Toddler Harder Than Nuclear Physics*

May 24, 2019October 6, 2019 6 Comments 4 min read

(*Not actually true.) (*Close, though.) So. we’re having a fantastic time here in central Florida, and not even the weird splotches of fake tan on my foot can dampen my enthusiasm for being back in a place where it’s sunny all the time, and the local ZARA is open until 11pm …

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The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Having a ‘Nice’ Day Out With a Toddler

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The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Having a ‘Nice’ Day Out With a Toddler

April 24, 2019October 26, 2019 9 Comments 5 min read

Our afternoon at Hopetoun House.

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25 Things Parents Think at Soft Play

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25 Things Parents Think at Soft Play

March 1, 2019September 25, 2019 7 Comments 5 min read

Soft play : we love it, really.

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I Went to a Mum & Baby Class, and Nothing Bad Happened

February 8, 2019February 7, 2019 9 Comments 0 min read

mum and baby playgroup

Non-Scary Event in ‘Totally Not Scary’ Shocker: read all about it!

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Do I really need to join mum and baby groups, even though I have social anxiety?

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Do I really need to join mum and baby groups, even though I have social anxiety?

January 18, 2019December 3, 2019 54 Comments 6 min read

Or can I just keep on being my introverted self?

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The Reality of Working from Home With a Baby

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The Reality of Working from Home With a Baby

January 7, 2019October 6, 2019 37 Comments 8 min read

(And why I haven’t set any blog-related goals for 2019…)

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7 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Postpartum Self

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7 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Postpartum Self

January 4, 2019October 20, 2019 17 Comments 9 min read

When my baby was born, I had absolutely no idea what I was letting myself in for. Here are some of the things I wish I’d known…

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