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5 ways to cope financially when you’re unexpectedly expecting

Six thousand pounds. That’s how much a baby costs in their first year if new research by insurance company LV [...]

By |January 22nd, 2020|Parenting, Pregnancy|3 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

#MySundayPhoto this week isn't a fancy one like last week's. And it isn't a perfectly shot one like my last [...]

By |July 2nd, 2017|Parenting|7 Comments

10 things all mums should do on maternity leave

It seems like only yesterday I wrote about 10 things all mums should do before giving birth. In fact it [...]

By |June 26th, 2017|Parenting|35 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

So that's Easter done and dusted for another year. I don't know about you but I do think Easter is better [...]

By |April 22nd, 2017|Parenting|6 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

At long last I am finally on maternity leave! I've set my out of office until May (such a good [...]

By |January 29th, 2017|Pregnancy|10 Comments

10 things all mums should do before giving birth

The countdown is on! There’s just one more week of work to go and that’s it: I’m officially on maternity [...]

By |January 23rd, 2017|Parenting|87 Comments

Why I can’t wait to be ‘just’ a mum

At long last, in a little over three weeks and at almost 39 weeks pregnant with baby number three, I’ll [...]

By |January 4th, 2017|Parenting|41 Comments

How to survive the first six months of motherhood

‘One more week of freedom’ and ‘another few weeks before all hell breaks loose’. Those are the words of two [...]

By |June 8th, 2016|Parenting|64 Comments

Is ‘me-ternity’ leave a good idea?

Have you heard the one about the woman who reckons women who don’t have children should be entitled to ‘me-ternity’ [...]

By |May 11th, 2016|Parenting|16 Comments

5 reasons shared parental leave will never work

It’s been a year since shared parental leave came into force in England, Scotland and Wales and apparently just one in [...]

By |April 6th, 2016|Parenting|7 Comments

Shared parental leave: it could easily end in divorce

The new shared parental leave policy comes into force next week. Having just returned from maternity leave, I don’t think [...]