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I didn’t do a review of 2017. I was so blindsided by the sleeplessness and the stress of having a 3 month old who never slept at night and a 3 year old who wanted me awake in the day, that is was all i could do to get from one end of the day to… Continue reading 2018: A Year In Review
Many lifetimes ago, when at university, I studied child development. My lecturer was a particular fan of D. W. Winnicott. Winnicott believed that most problems, whether personal or societally, begin at home with how children are raised. He famously said "There is no such thing as a baby", meaning that outside of a relationship with… Continue reading Being Good Enough
For one year now we have been a family of four. Something I had wished for but could never be certain was in my future has been my reality for a whole year. One year ago Little T was born. Our sunny, radiant little guy has fitted into our family with such ease I don’t… Continue reading A Year In The Life
Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. - Oliver Wendell Holmes I don't suppose feeling homseick ever goes away. My parents left London after 20 years to return to Ireland because they missed home. I was 12. I then left Ireland at 18 because I was homesick… Continue reading Homesickness
As a stay-at-home mum I find myself busier and more exhausted than I ever did as a single person, even when at one point I had three jobs at and a busy social life. Now I have no (paid) job and no social life, and I'm busier than I've ever known. Self care has become… Continue reading Self Care Starts Here
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