What’s the truth about two children? “You’re going to have your hands full!” a nurse told me at my very first antenatal appointment, on hearing it was my second baby. She would shortly jab me in the arm with a needle, so was probably only trying to distract me with small talk, but sheesh, thanks…
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Feeling Broody When You Have A Baby
Read moreOn Feeling Broody When You Have A Baby… Are you feeling broody even though you have a baby? At the end of last week there was a strange feeling hanging over me. It whispered quietly from the corners of the room, gently tapped at my shoulders and ruffled through my hair. I couldn’t quite identify…
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Minding the – baby age – gap
Read moreWhat’s the perfect gap between babies? I know, déjà vu, I’ve talked about this before. But it’s been on my mind today as I realised that if I got pregnant this month then there would be exactly two years between children. We’d previously thought that would be along the lines of the right gap size…
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Where Next? The ‘Life After London’ Question Mark
Read moreThe Life After London Question… Are you thinking of moving out of London? Just had kids and need more space and a garden? We’re thinking about the options for life after London. Moving Out Of London – A Crossroads One night in my mid-twenties I’d gone out out after work with my friend Nick and…
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On celebrity baby booms, sibling age gaps and second babies
Read moreNo-one was more surprised than me to be interested in some news about none other than Peaches Geldof yesterday. She’s pregnant with her second child – a boy they’ve already named Phadera (?) – and there will be 13 months between the two. Last week Sophie Dahl announced that she is expecting again, and of…
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