These are all the posts I’ve written relating to politics, parenting and my life in general.
I haven’t updated in a while because, well, there hasn’t really been a lot to update. Potty training went to shit (fortunately figuratively rather than literally) as soon as daddy was back at work. Suddenly weeing on the carpet was more fun than stickers or chocolate. I made the executive decision to bring back the nappies and revisit it in
Big firsts: With two under two I’ll take all the wins that I can Read More >>
I could write a long post about the difficulties of looking after two children. Maybe one day I will*. Things you may take for granted when there’s just the one, like spending all day feeding, going back to bed straight after breakfast, or even just taking twenty minutes (and the rest) to get your baby to take a sodding nap
…From a very tired mummy. Of course I was not foolish enough to stay up to welcome the new year in, however my delightful neighbours treated us all to a half hour firework display at midnight to ensure I wouldn’t miss it. Still, I may have been up with a screaming baby in the small hours last night but on
In that weird time between Christmas and New Year? Why, attack potty training and sleep training together, of course. One for each child. I have a singing potty, a sticker book, carpet shampoo, some earplugs and a timer and three bottles of wine. See you at the other side, if it exists.
I downloaded Timehop for Facebook recently, hoping it would jog my memory about my daughter’s early days. In fact, it appears I never really wrote much before I had a blog to put it all in. However, today’s festive status, posted at 2.44am, was about being up breastfeeding. It’s definitely true that most of the baby stage is wiped from
Breastfeeding: What NCT neglect to tell you Read More >>
This is my daughter’s third Christmas. The first was when she was not yet six weeks old and my husband and I were still very much in that new baby haze. She was feeding around the clock and we hadn’t managed to get anyone to take her reflux seriously so we were sleep deprived, slightly desperate and not really in
I can’t say I’ve particularly enjoyed the past six months. Maybe I’m not a baby person, or maybe the people who say that to me every time I say I’m not enjoying it (maybe I just have to be less honest and smile and nod?) have never had a ‘challenging’ baby who’s a little bit of a sleep-jerk. Maybe when
What not to say to the mother of a shit sleeper Read More >>
I am Fran. I have a two year old girl, who is incredibly bright, remembers everything and is not easily fooled. Her favourite things are colouring, cake and Peppa Pig. Things she does not enjoy include listening, brushing her teeth, washing her hair, getting dressed, getting into a buggy, putting her shoes on, taking her shoes off, having her nappy
Let me introduce myself Read More >>