The Price Of Birth Trauma
Yesterday I was asked to help at a lecture about birth trauma by the inspiring Dr Rebecca Moore, sharing my son’s birth story with MSc students of Womens Health. I’ve briefly touched on Caterpillar’s birth before…
Tag: motherhood
Mummy-On-Demand
It’s 10.15am. Here is a somewhat abridged list of everything my son has demanded of me since 5am: 8 toilet trips (including one at 5am, the joy, and twice more while I was in the…
When Others Criticize Our Parenting – Guest Post By Lisa At Hopeful Mama
So many of you related to Kamsin’s post last week, including me, thanks for all your supportive comments. This week we have another hot topic and some great advice from Lisa at Hopeful Mama. I’ll…
Six Reasons To Love Working Part Time
I always imagined I’d love being a stay-at-home-mum. My friends and I used to joke about all the coffee mornings we’d have watching This Morning, eating doughnuts and generally chilling out (Just…wow. Sometimes I really…
Book Review: Mum… by Morty Sey & Scott Chegg
Happy Sunday, everyone, and welcome back to the Butterfly Book Club. Today I have got such a gem to share with you, and it’s made even sweeter for me since the writers come from my…
Learning To Parent A Strong Willed Boy – Guest Post by Kamsin Kaneko
Happy Friday and welcome back to My Mountain. I’ve always been of awe of single parents but Ella’s post last week really captured how it can feel, thanks so much for everyone’s lovely comments. This…
Child Development Through Play with Brainboost
I’ve mentioned previously how I’m not particularly gifted at imaginative play or general silliness but as Caterpillar is growing I’m finding myself really enjoying the more educational and developmental side of play. He’s recently been…
Single Parenting: The most relentless job in history – Guest Post by Ella at Ellamental Mama
Welcome back to My Mountain, following last week’s break. Thank you for all your responses to Katie’s fab post Parenting A High-Needs Baby – so many of you could relate. This week we’re hearing from…
Things That Stay At Home Mums Can Do To Be Happy And Self Confident
I’m privileged this week to be sharing a guest post from Zara Lewis. Regular readers will know that I’m a part-time working mum and I have enormous admiration for full-time SAHMs. Zara is sharing some brilliant tips for…
Three
Dear Caterpillar In a lot of ways the last three years have gone quickly. You grow and change so swiftly that often you get up in the morning and Daddy and I comment that you’ve…