I’d see children running wild in a cafe, and I’d say to my latte sipping friends “It’s all about expectations. As children, we were expected to behave in public, and so we did.” And my friends would nod in agreement. If a mother went back to work before their children …
And I still have no idea what I’m doing
I cannot begin to describe what it felt like to meet my daughter for the first time. As I bluffed my way through the final stages of labour (was this pushing or was I just crying and gritting my teeth super tight to keep from swearing and making it look like I …
What they don’t tell you about your first “child free day”
It’s back to school time! There are mum’s all over the country celebrating the fact that they get to go to the loo alone for the first time in more than six weeks. Some of them may even be looking forward to their first “child free day” EVER! They might …
MOTHERHOOD: There Are No Heroes In Motherhood
Entertaining and the Early Days Around the time my eldest boy turned 3 months old, my husband decided it was essential that he invite his boss and 6 others over for a formal lunch. This made perfect sense. Our little boy cried for about 3 hours straight, twice a day, …
Work/Life Balance. Does It Exist? 5 Lessons I Have Learnt
Meetings, coffee, long hours, heels that was my career life. The life that got me out of bed in the morning, the life that I bragged about, the media life that seemed to glamorous in my mind. That was until my son was born. Nothing was going to change things, …