Category: My Mum Stuff
I recently witnessed something that really, REALLY annoyed me. And it made me question; when it comes to our children, what’s more important – manners or compassion? The other day I was at the playground with the boys. I was sat on a bench watching them play on the climbing …
So, I’ve been tagged by Stuart over at threetimedaddy.co.uk to do a post doing the rounds in the blogosphere entitled 10 Things That Make Me Happy. Contrary to what I initially thought, prioritising things that make me happy into a small list of ten things, was quite difficult. I’m not going …
When I was pregnant with the twins, I made the decision that I wouldn’t be breastfeeding them. It was quite an easy decision to make to be honest. I knew that bottle feeding would mean I could share the load with my husband, but more so (I’m sure I’ll get …
Many people, especially new mums of singletons, have asked me how I coped as a new mum of twins. I give the same quite honest answer to everyone. I cried – a lot! Don’t get me wrong – my love for them was truly overwhelming. So overwhelming, that at times …
When the twins were born, Dave and I were fully prepared with everything we needed. Double of everything, basically. What we hadn’t expected, and were not prepared for, was the barrage of comments we’d get from the public. From the rude, to the intrusive, to the downright way too personal …
Three years past the birth of my twins, I finally worked out why I look like I do. I realised I have diastasis recti. But what is diastasis recti, and how does it affect you? I’m obviously not a medical professional, so this post is purely my own experience. There’ll …
Have you ever been asked “When’s the baby due?” when you’re not pregnant? I have – many, many times. Even up to three years after the twins were born, I was still getting asked. Up as far as about eight months after I had the boys, I didn’t mind it too …
From the moment you find out you’re pregnant you’re so happy, you get so excited, you start making plans… But here’s what I didn’t plan for – things like my ravaged bladder! So here are my four not wonderful things from pregnancy to motherhood. Yes, the ugly and down right cruel …
I love films, and I love feeling good. Who doesn’t? So here are my 8 Feel good films’ I’ll love forever. They never fail to make me feel all warm inside and happy with life. That’s the whole point of them isn’t it? Love Actually I won’t try and explain …
Aah parenting. Isn’t it a joy? I love being a mum to my twins, and I like to think I’m a pretty good one. However, here are 5 reasons I’m a pretty bad mum to be fair (& why this actually makes me a good mum). Bad Mum Reason 1 …
