Hours after giving birth to my first child, I had the post-baby shower. I distinctly remember staring in the hospital bathroom mirror at my unfamiliar face which was a pale shade of grey from blood loss, and said to myself ‘DON’T EVER DO THAT AGAIN.’ Despite having what was clearly the world’s best baby, and…

Here’s what not to do when your child starts primary school Is your child starting school this September? Here are some things you absolutely *shouldn’t* do when your child starts school… It’s been two years since my once tiny newborn daughter wandered across the playground into the classroom for the first time, with an anxiously…

It was exactly 48 hours before the end of term when I had the call of doom. Having just finished a meeting at the opposite end of London to where we live, I fished my phone out of my bag to see the word ‘School’ flash up. My stomach plummeted at the same time my…

Last Friday Florence and I headed into London to take part in the Women’s March Bring the Noise protest that took place during the US president’s visit to the UK. We had a banner, we had a flag, we had many, many snacks, and we joined nearly 250,000 people* who marched through the streets of…

Have You Heard The Parenting Quote ‘You Only Get 18 Summers With Your Child.’? Here’s Why I Hate It Here’s why I won’t be getting perspective about spending one of our ’18 delicious summers’ with my children…and why I hate the parenting quote about ‘you only get 18 summers.’ Have You Heard The Quote About…

Want to know how you can protest as a parent? Here are ten tangible things you can do to protest as a parent, when the world seems terrible. Because this week I’ve been mainly despairing about the state of society, which seems increasingly dreadful, while feeling helpless…you too? There’s a good summary over on Cup…

There’s nothing like becoming a parent to make you realise a couple of things: 1) It’s inevitable that you will, to some extent, turn into your own parents, In fact, you probably already have 2) How right your parents were about most things. It’s fairly typical to go through that teenage phase where you think…