When Charlie was about a year old I was asked by someone when baby number 2 was coming along. I wasn’t at all offended by this question and I didn’t know this person especially well so my response was fairly neutral, I didn’t go into any details but simply explained that we wouldn’t be having…
Motherhood
Life lessons from a couple of owls
We braved our first children’s concert over the weekend and I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t have high (if any) expectations on how Charlie would cope. The idea of him sitting in a concert hall without wanting to go nuts up and down the aisles was not something I was overly confident about. Sprinkle…
Mummy whispering
The funny thing about my IVF journey is that even though I am an optimist by heart and even in my darkest moment, I still did everything I could to remain positive that one day I would have a baby. Despite this though, there was a big part of me that genuinely felt that it…
Hello to high heels and hot coffee
The fog is slowly rising and a sure sign that I’m emerging from mummy & baby land is that today I’m wearing high heels. I’m also drinking a hot coffee and because I’m at work and MM is at home today with Charlie the chance of me finishing this coffee while it is still hot is…