Even typing the words doesn’t seem to make it real. And yet, since beginning discussions with fantastic school teachers it was always the underlying suspicion. This week E and I attended…
Twins
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Six years since my awe of the NHS increased beyond birthing three children. Six years since I was separated from one 10-week-old baby in order to have another one ‘fixed’. ‘Fixed’…
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I’m sure it’s something to do with them being twins. (It has nothing to do with them being twins). I’m sure it has everything to do with them being boys, and…
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We have the first month under our belts. And I know I have to touch wood and do all the superstitious things associated with not tempting fate, but I think we…
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I didn’t realise it, it just crept up on me. I have never compared my children but somehow I ended up treating them differently. And as I prepared for a meeting…
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I wrote a little while ago about a decision that was playing on our mind. For many, choosing the right school is one of the most difficult decisions. It was an…
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Another milestone is upon us. The first of the milk teeth has fallen. It has the sharp intake of breath. One of my boys, my babies, has lost his first milk…
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I wrote last week about the outspoken childminder who ‘opened up’ on her view of my sons’. I’ll be honest, the upset I felt has been replaced with anger tinged with…
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I can’t do all the parent cr*p. I just can’t. I think by nature I am an anxious person- hell, becoming a mum proved that. I’m probably not alone in hating…
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I sat in work today and cried. Fortunately the workshop we were delivering had finished, everyone had left, and I was left reflecting on the week ahead. A week in which…