Blasted Hormones
A rookie attempt to understand hormones and how they affect emotions, especially post partum, all in the light of Maggie Thatcher’s coiffure.
Read More Blasted HormonesCategory: Being a mum
Being a family of five
Review of our experience as a new family of five, and how we’ve adapted to our new situation during the pandemic.
Read More Being a family of fiveBe kind to yourself
A look at the importance of women’s health post partum
Read More Be kind to yourselfBirth – the pandemic edition
My third and final birth story, with the pandemic overlay.
Read More Birth – the pandemic editionBecoming
Big news from the FF family
Read More BecomingBaby brain – true fact or un peu de bull?
I’ve been back at work for a few months now. I’ve been juggling like a … clown (that could work both ways) and I’m officially a parent to two littles who are getting larger. Time is flying and life is happening far too quickly. I mostly get sleep, I mostly get sustenance and I even, […]
Read More Baby brain – true fact or un peu de bull?Balls (and the juggling thereof)
The reality of family life
Read More Balls (and the juggling thereof)Bébé blues
Gut-wrenching pangs of belly ache, uncontrollable emotions with unpredicatable smatterings of tears, irrational and snappy…. sound familiar? No, I’m not talking about PMS or your behaviour when you get to the end of your favourite Netflix blowout and run out of chocolate… These are all symptoms of what I like to call the bebe blues. […]
Read More Bébé bluesBossy
It has been brought to my attention recently that I am bossy. Bossy! Moi? Shut the front door!! You are too fricking right I am bossy. I own bossy, and about 20 million pairs of bossy boots to go with it. Just as a quick reminder, I am the eldest of four girls; my mum saw […]
Read More BossyBreastfeeding: the sequel
A review of the experience of breastfeeding for the second time in the UK
Read More Breastfeeding: the sequel