The summer that was
Soaking up chilled time with our girls on our summer holiday to Avignon The school summer holidays passed by in, what feels like, the blink of an eye. I switched off from the online world completely...
View ArticleA decent bra vs a boob job
Chantelle “Superbe” bra in black and violet Any woman who’s had a baby is likely to tell you that her boobs are now shot to pieces, whether she’s breastfed or not. Some will tell you they are desperate...
View ArticleShould you have one last baby?
After having our eldest daughter, L, I kept being asked if we wanted to have a second child. Which was a no-brainer, of course we did. It just took us a while to get round to it. 6 years later we...
View ArticleQuiz: Are you an English woman or a French woman?
I had the idea for this quiz in a dream and I thought it would be quite funny, so take my tongue in cheek quiz to find out if you are actually an English woman or a French woman….. At the end of an...
View ArticleWhy it’s good to ignore your kids
I don’t know why or when it happened but there’s been a massive shift in parenting styles over the last 30 odd years. Growing up in the late 1970s and 1980s I clearly recall my friends and I being left...
View ArticleThe only baby book you need
I was delighted to recently receive the wonderful news that someone close to me is pregnant with her first baby (you know who you are, E), which inspired me to finally write a review of Dr Ellie...
View ArticleWhen did we lose the dream?
When we were children we told our parents and teachers that when we grew up we wanted to be astronauts, pilots, deep sea divers and more. The world really was our oyster. Maybe Baby Brother and I...
View ArticleIt’s all in the bra
Following on from the massive response that I got to my recent blog post about wearing a decent bra, 25 lucky women joined me last Friday evening for some fizz, macarons and lingerie discovery at...
View ArticleWhat’s your beauty legacy?
As a mum to a nearly 8 year old daughter (and a nearly 2 year old daughter) I’m very conscious that my words and actions are absorbed and remembered, so I try to be very careful when it comes to...
View ArticleRaising feisty females
I’m a feisty female. Born of a feisty female. Who in turn was born of a feisty female. But we live in a day and age where feminism has become a dirty word, and many feminists deny being one. Girls are...
View ArticleBreastfeeding: What they don’t tell you
Breastfeeding is such a controversial topic. You will only just have announced your pregnancy and everyone will already be interested in whether you’re going breast or bottle. Never has it been so...
View ArticleHow I felt when I left France
I left France in July 2010, after living there for 12 years and saying I would never leave. Recently several people have asked me if I miss France, if it was a hard decision to leave or how I felt when...
View ArticleSAHM vs Working Mum: Who wins?
Us mums seem to constantly be fighting the never-ending battle over who parents best – Stay At Home Mums (SAHMs) or Working Mums? Then of course there are the WAHMs (Work At Home Mums) to throw into...
View ArticleTop tips to get a good night’s sleep
I’ve found that as I get older, and since I’ve had kids, I relish a good night’s sleep more and more. If I watch TV in the evening and see someone all cosy in bed, all I can think is “ooh, doesn’t that...
View ArticleLest we forget
Yesterday evening I took L to see the poppies at the Tower of London. It was a tough call as we couldn’t go until after I finished work at 6pm, making it a long day and a late one for her. But I just...
View ArticleHappy 2nd Birthday C: An open letter
To my darling C, You are 2 years old today so I wanted to mark this special day by writing you a personal letter (as I did for you last year too), which will mean much more to you when you are older,...
View ArticleFeeling good about Christmas shopping
I don’t know about you but I’m beginning to get excited about Christmas, and to start thinking about present-shopping. Christmas shopping these days can be quick and easy to do – go online to Amazon,...
View ArticleHow to have an easier birth experience
My first birth experience (in France) included induction, epidural and haemorrhage and couldn’t have been much further from my natural, drug-free birth plan. I also believe this led in part to some...
View ArticleMy crazy work experience in France
I accidentally moved to France in 1998, straight after graduating, and I had some seriously weird and wonderful work experiences in the following 12 years of living on the French Riviera. So many...
View ArticleDo you bunk bed?
Our youngest daughter, C, has just turned 2 and this age brings with it a fair amount of milestones and lasts. She now drinks out of real cups, can master cutlery, is into pull-ups as she plays with...
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