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Five Ways To Bond With Your Five Year Old

I’ve written at length about my struggles during Caterpillar’s early days and what I found useful when it came to bonding with him as a small baby.  Today I want to share more about our…

Posted in Learning & Play, Motherhood, Relationships, Tips 4 Comments June 5, 2018 by Laura

Postnatal Depression & Anxiety Risk Factors

Why did I get Postnatal Depression?  Why did I develop Anxiety?  Why me?  These questions haunted me for a really long time during the latter stages of recovery.  After the initial illness begins to pass…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Recovery 0 comments May 16, 2018 by Laura

Five Favourite Toys For 4-5 Year Olds

Following my son’s 5th birthday last month I’m continuing my tradition of sharing our favourite toys, games & activities, this time for 4 year olds.  Please share your own favourites in the comments below. Lego…

Posted in Learning & Play, Motherhood, Reviews 17 Comments May 11, 2018May 11, 2018 by Laura

SANE’s #LetMeTalk Campaign

Talking about my mental health is the best decision I ever made.  But it wasn’t an easy one.  Depression & Anxiety try to take everything from us – our identity, our confidence, our happiness and…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Recovery 0 comments May 7, 2018May 6, 2018 by Laura

Five

Dear Caterpillar There’s a reason I love taking time for reflection and it’s this; if I hadn’t paused to consider this post I’m not sure I would have realised that the last year has easily…

Posted in Motherhood, Relationships 0 comments April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 by Laura

UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week

Next week (30th Apr to 6th May) is the second UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week. The aim is to not only to raise awareness but to also offer lots of information and support surrounding…

Posted in Advocacy, Anxiety, Peer Support 0 comments April 25, 2018 by Laura

Is Anxiety Making You Codependent?

During a recent Facebook Live video, as part of the Anxiety Toolkit series, we were talking about support and relying too heavily on other Anxiety sufferers for reassurance and symptom management.  It’s something I’ve had…

Posted in Anxiety, Learning, Peer Support, Recovery, Tips 1 Comment April 17, 2018April 16, 2018 by Laura

Birth Trauma: PTSD And The Decision To Have Another Child

It’s the Easter holidays and my blog writing time is very minimal so I thought I’d take this opportunity to share a guest post I’ve wanted to put up for a while.  It’s from Kerry…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, Pregnancy 0 comments April 11, 2018April 10, 2018 by Laura

Blogging Anniversary: Three Years Of The Butterfly Mother

I often wonder what I’d be doing with my time if I’d never suffered from PND and begun this blog.  Would I have found another hobby to fill my time and help me establish my…

Posted in About me, Blogging, Learning, Motherhood 12 Comments April 8, 2018 by Laura

Creative Kids: Five Fun Mindfulness Activities for Children

Welcome back to Creative Kids – where I share guest bloggers and the art, craft & messy play activities they get up to with their kids.  Regular readers know what a huge fan I am of mindfulness &…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Learning & Play, Motherhood 0 comments April 3, 2018 by Laura

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I'm a PND & Anxiety survivor and self-confessed "good enough" mum to a hilarious but challenging 5-year-old, with a second baby due in May 2019 (eeek!). I share lots of Anxiety Management techniques as well as tips & self-care ideas for keeping mentally and emotionally well as a parent.

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