When people tell you about being a parent, they often miss out one of the important pieces of advice of all. You will spend your whole life feeling guilty. If they fall over and hurt themselves, you feel guilty that you averted your eyes for a split second or that you didn’t reach them soon…
I wont lie to you, I have really been struggling this last few weeks. I think it has been creeping up on me for the last couple of months now, finding myself feeling a little more subdued, slightly more anxious, a lot more tearful! Ive walked around in a daze, feeling that familiar sense of…
Yesterday, as I stood deliberating over the best nappy offers in Tesco, I noticed a heavily pregnant lady and her partner stood beside me eyeing up newborn nappies. “..and I told her, this baby isn’t going to change anything!! We’ll still be out every weekend!” I heard the woman say with such conviction. “Oh I…
Every Fathers Day I smile at the countless posts I see across social media, the tributes to all of the Dads and husbands, the Dads who are loved and missed on this day, and every day. And I always consider myself lucky to not only have my Dad here with us today, but to have…
When Gaz announced that he was off to Slovakia for a week with work, you can imagine my reaction. A WEEK?? How am I going to cope with all four children twenty-four hours a day by myself? Because its one thing having them all day while he’s at work, but at half past four I…
This morning, as I lay in bed desperately trying to claw back some sleep after another sleepless night, Lewis crept in to tell me that he was going out. As I prised my eyes open enough to see the time I realised that it was only half past eight. “But I haven’t even seen you…