The journey to moving house – Buying and selling during Covid
By the time we were financially able to upsize from our first house, it was starting to feel quite cramped in our two-up-two-down cottage style terraced house Our eldest had…
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A new baby and a pandemic | 2020 – Our year in review
January / February I rang in the new year 13 weeks pregnant with our fourth baby, relieved to be at the end of a long first trimester with a lot…
Why you should never ask me if I’m going to “try for a girl”
“Are you going to try for a girl?” Jeez. That’s an interesting question to come out with oh so casually. Do you assume I’ve never thought about it? That’s…
Living with Trichotillomania – Compulsive hair pulling
Trichotillomania. A condition I’ve always thought could benefit from a catchier name. It’s a pretty difficult name to remember, let alone pronounce, when you read it in the agony aunt…
Everything I’ve learnt about planning a wedding
Sam and I got married last summer, in a wedding that we had been planning for almost two years. Throughout the wedding planning process, and afterwards, with the benefit of…
Our 2018 – My favourite memories
Every year I think, ‘Oh, I won’t bother doing a round up of the year, it feels a little “Me me me”. And then every year I can’t resist. Because…
The perfect summer?
Summer is without a doubt my favourite time of year. Even more so since I’ve had children. Warm weather (some of the time!), long days, a lax routine, and all…
When one of you wants more children and the other doesn’t
I knew as soon as Otto was born that I wasn’t done having babies. I was so emotional over his newborn days, every last first. And I knew that it…
