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With 97% of women experiencing sexual harassment during their lifetime, I never had any expectations of being the exception. However what shocks me is the fact that the more I read about these stats, about these things that we’ve all experienced at one point or another – like having to take a long route homeContinue reading “We are all at least a part of the 97% of women who suffered from harassment”

To my little inquisitive and fearless girl, The dog’s loud bark never makes you flinch. The small world we were able to show you so far made you more inquisitive than we would have ever imagined. You want to see everything, you want to learn how to do things for yourself and nothing seems toContinue reading “Open letter to my daughter”

I still felt broken. But only some of the time. I still can’t believe it’s been two months. Two months of being a mum. Two months of a little soul sleeping so close to me every night, I can hear her breathing in, and out. In, and out. A rhythmic sound that now comforts meContinue reading “Two months postpartum”

Newborn parents assemble. And have a look at your search history. This is a glimpse of my own search history (in no particular order) during Emma’s first 4 weeks of life. 1. It’s feeding time but baby just threw up …I fed her anyway as the thought of skipping a meal stressed me out evenContinue reading “Weird things I’ve googled during baby’s first month”

We’re in lockdown and it sucks. We’re in the midst of a global pandemic and it’s terrifying. We’re in January and the blues are mercilessly kicking in. We’re new mothers and it’s petrifying. What do we ask for? A little support. That ever so limited COVID-permitting shoulder to cry on. That extra body to leanContinue reading “How to look after a new mum during a global pandemic”

Waking up this morning back in lockdown feels a bit like Groundhog Day. Not that there are many changes to the ever present tier 4 rules that we’ve become accustomed to in our area, but labelling it as ‘a lockdown’ seems to have triggered a lot of people on my social media feed into aContinue reading “4 week postpartum”

2020 was a bugger. The year of loss, of change, of ‘unprecedented times’. The year we locked ourselves in to keep safe, keep away from others and keep away from a ‘normal’ we once knew. Keeping sane became a struggle, keeping in touch became virtual and keeping up appearances became forgotten. People started talking, andContinue reading “2020 was a bugger”

Okay, not the general postpartum story of the week as we all woke up in Tier 4 this morning and feeling deflated over the new Christmas restrictions. However, as always you can choose to read on for some of our weekly developments, or simply scroll past a photo of a now a 3 week oldContinue reading “3-week postpartum”

I felt broken. Most of the time. Since she’s joined our pack 3 years ago, our cat, Bella has not really broken anything in the house. She’s not the type of cat who intentionally shatters things just to see us squirm. This week however she shattered the mirror that lived above our bed (no needContinue reading “2-week postpartum”