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The lost daughter

(Be warned- major spoilers here) There was a point in watching the film version of Elena Ferrante's Book - The Lost Daughter, where I...

The hardest part of a spouse traveling for work

My husband. I love you. When you are working away our house doesn’t quite feel like home; our family is incomplete. I yearn for your...

I want another baby… if hormones could talk

Moments after my second baby was born, still high on a powerful cocktail of endorphins and oxytocin. Elation and love from the birth I so...

The other kind of emergency plan you need right now

What's your emergency plan? You know, the go-to actions for when life gets really challenging. The things you do to ward off a descent...

What's your magic number?

I've been pondering the question of how many kids is the 'right' number of kids? Or how do you even know what the 'right' number for you is?

It's just a phase so don't miss it

“I want to stay with you guys for ever and ever. When I’m a grown-up. Even on Tuesdays and Thursdays”

Yes, the relationship needs baby-proofing too

Nothing could have prepared me for the challenges to our relationship wrought by sleep deprivation, the erosion of me-time (his and mine).

How the love grows with a second baby

I looked at my toddler, pottering about our apartment and I wondered.How could I ever love another one this much?

What nobody tells you about sex after babies

Lots of things are different about sex post-baby. Some things people will talk about freely.. and some things they might not tell you...

We don't talk about the loneliness of motherhood

Maybe if they served alcohol at mum and baby pilates classes I’d have made more mama friends when on maternity leave?

A parent and toddler group might save your sanity

Is there a parent and toddler group group near you? When I moved house, a local group became an unexpected highlight in my calendar!

A place called home

I stood at the ATM on Capel Street as the afternoon city sailed around me and my old life was so close I could have reached out my hand...

What's that weird smell? Conversations you never imagined you’d have with that guy you met online

My first date with my husband involved coffee, a copulating monkey and a peacock that followed me to the toilet. All of this is true.