When I was pregnant with you, I was certain I was carrying another girl. When the ultrasonographer told me she could see ‘boy’s bits’ I freaked out a little and cried. I think she thought I was happy but actually I was terrified. When you were born it took me a while to get used to the nappy changes. I think you...
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I’m not a great fan of shopping but since it’s the internet age, I manage. I may not like Amazon for their ethics, but I love them for how easy they make my life. Now and again I do need something more urgently than ‘tomorrow’. This means I have to go to a real shop; I usually just about cope. I try and...
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It’s 11:30 am on a Bank Holiday Monday and the temperature in our back yard has already reached 26C. This is unheard of. I can’t remember the last time the sun shone like this on a Bank Holiday; usually it’s raining, or at least threatening to. The official line is that we have ‘nothing’ planned for...
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Late at night, when I finally get around to going to bed, I always go and check on the kids before I go to sleep myself. I go into their rooms and make sure everyone is where they should be, is breathing and is appropriately covered for the temperature of the room. I always feel a sense of contentment when I’m doing this....
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It’s the last day of term. I’m doing a frantic round up of library and reading books, activity forms and anything else that should have been sent back to school weeks ago. DD3 can’t find her reading book. At first I am calm enough. ‘Where did you see it last?’, I ask, trying to jolt her into...
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Basically any school day) Time: 7am. I’ve been up for about 40 minutes and got myself ready for the day. As the clock reaches the hour, I take a deep breath, switch on the hall light and start waking children. They are not happy. DD1 ignores me until I’ve repeated myself...
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