What is the Danish way of parenting?
Parenting is stressful. Cue the eye-rolls of parents everywhere, but there’s really no other way to explain it, though kids can be the light of your life they can be overwhelming. Besides having responsibility for a tiny human, there’s always going to be someone telling you what you should or shouldn’t do. On top of […]
2 years ago
8 things that I wish I’d said ‘no’ to when I became a mam
‘Anyone who has not specifically been asked for advice needs to be shut down.’
2 years ago
Musings: Stop saying my partner is ‘minding’ our kids – he’s parenting them
“Is dad babysitting the children for you?” It’s something I’ve heard more times than I can count when I’ve gone on a night out, and I’m not the only mum. No, my partner is not babysitting, he’s just simply continuing to be a parent in my absence. Funnily enough, when I’m parenting solo it’s never […]
4 years ago
Dublin Zoo has baby changing facilities for dads and others should follow suit
Recently while on a visit to Dublin Zoo I saw something that I’d never noticed before. While heading to the toilets I spotted that not only was there a sign indicating that the women’s toilets had baby changing facilities but that the men’s toilets also did. It’s something I’ve only seen once or twice in […]
4 years ago
10 ways I was completely delusional about motherhood before having kids
Mother’s Day has us looking back on all the ways we were a sweet, innocent, summer child in our expectations… During my pregnancy, I was careful to avoid any films or books or TV shows that would derail my notion of motherhood as a blissful, rose-tinted interpretive dance through glorious meadows of joy and wonder. […]
4 years ago
Are we focusing too much on being friends with our children?
My children are still young enough to think I am the absolute coolest and most amazing person in their universe. Which is, of course, the most fantastic and confidence-boosting feeling. Because, while I’m clearly their parent and the one to point out both bedtimes and the fact that no, we can’t have Nutella at every […]
4 years ago