To All The Mothers
Take a moment to realise just how bloody awesome you are. How many nightfeeds have you done? How many times have you found the energy for one more round of Wheels on the Bus when…
Tag: motherhood
How To Wean In One Feed – Guest Post by BecomeMum
Thanks so much for your lovely, supportive comments on last week’s post, Danielle’s honesty really touched a lot of you. This week we’re hearing from Become Mum regarding how she dealt with an extremely difficult…
From Me To Me
Statistically, if you have experienced PND previously you have a 50/50 chance of experiencing it again during a future pregnancy and/or postnatal period. I’m not pregnant but I hope to be one day and I…
The Day He Wasn’t Neurotypical – Guest Post from Someone’s Mum
Welcome back to My Mountain – where honest parents share their biggest parenting challenges. Amy’s post last week about our endless quest to get our babies to sleep clearly hit home with a lot of…
Mother’s Day Gifts That Take Care of YOU
Mother’s Day is such an exciting time when you’re a mum to young children. One day a year solely dedicated to us, in honour of the desperately hard work and mayhem we deal with on…
Baby-led Weaning: First Foods & Favourites
Following my last Caterpillar Corner post – Six Reasons To Love Baby-led Weaning – today I wanted to share some of our favourite recipe ideas and on-the-go snacks, and review Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett’s…
The Evolution of the Post Baby Relationship
There are so many things I’ve struggled to adjust to since becoming a parent – managing my frustration, dealing with tiredness, learning some patience (disclaimer: I haven’t cracked any of these yet!) and riding the…
A Very Big Parenting Challenge – Guest Post by Single Mum Speaks
Thank you so much to Elizabeth for kicking off the My Mountain series last week, and thanks to all of you for reading and for your lovely, supportive comments. This week we have Min from Single…
The Emotions of Motherhood
Forget night feeds, tantrums and potty training – my number one parenting struggle is trying to navigate the constantly conflicting emotions that any mum or dad faces every single day. This is the side of…
“You have cancer” – Guest Post By Elizabeth Gross
Welcome to the first week of My Mountain; a series of guest posts about the biggest challenges we face as parents. I’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response to my request and can’t wait to…