New mum

  • This baby of mine so small and new knows nothing more than me.

    Her whole face lights up when she looks in my eyes, like my eyes are the best thing she’s ever seen. When she hears my voice, even when it’s just a whisper, she stops to hear me. And even though s

    The Sisterhood In Motherhood

    Your mum squad. Your sisterhood in motherhood. Your tribe. Your village. Your 3am crew. Being lonely was the one thing I worried about in pregnancy. One of my friends had told me it was the loneliest

    Happy Mothers Day to you Mothers and Mothers-to-be…

    Today is a day where I always reflect on my own childhood and my own Mum. I was really lucky that my Mum was always around, always at home, always there to pick me up from school. This is something th

    The big Q… How do I get my baby to sleep?

    Top 5 Tips for guiding baby into good sleep habits: • 1: My first tip would be swaddling! Sometimes, we try swaddling and baby gets cross and we think “My baby hates to be swaddled!”- For a few,

    Breastfeeding – it’s a suckers’ game!

    For the purposes of this mini-piece, I have tried to imagine that I am a bearded, 5’9”, slightly-introverted, new father. I will be channelling my husband and trying to see the last 11 weeks of ou

    Mothering the month

    My Scarlett squidge is five weeks old and we’ve navigated our first month as mummy and daughter together. The changes she’s gone through already are just awe inspiring and we’ve real