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Last week as I was driving James to crèche and a very strange thing happened. James started screaming: “Ouch Mummy it hurts. It’s so bright. Make it go away.” The first thing any paranoid freak of a mother like me thinks about is meningitis. But being in Ireland the actual culprit here was the sun.… Continue reading VIP MAGAZINE PARENTING March 26th
So much happening all at once and that goes for the weather too. The fleeting glance of white powder that initially makes everything look beautiful, fresh and clean was the highlight of James life (so far). Snow, I announced and ‘doe’ as he calls it has never been given such a welcome. First he tread… Continue reading VIP PARENTING MAGAZINE 28th Feb
AS PUBLISHED IN OH BABY MAGAZINE It’s funny how time can make a bad experience and difficult period in your life not seem quite as bad as you thought. I was moving out of my Mums recently and found a diary that I had kept from the day I discovered I was expecting. Why did… Continue reading POST NATAL DEPRESSION – MY DIARY
SUPERMUM The end of my pregnancy Tuesday Sep 7th: ‘This part of my pregnancy really is exciting now. Any minute of the day I’ll have a son or daughter’ I wrote this a week before my due date and what a week that was. I really think what we do is truly amazing. Creating and… Continue reading SUPERMUM- MAIL ON SUNDAY BIRTH STORY 24th Feb 2013
Temporary reward schemes (jellies, I’m desperate), bribary, late nights working, eating crap food, no exercise, washing not done, lost all my accounts on my computer…. You might have guessed it my healthy and organized start to the year has not just gone wrong but completely bonkers off the wall kind of wrong. James tugs (hugs)… Continue reading VIP MAGAZINE – PARENTING COLUMN 12TH FEB
James was sick and then I became ill with the worst virus imaginable. It got me thinking yet again about our health and wellbeing. We can’t do much about a bug except let it run its course but in general we can do a lot about our day to day habits. This column is for… Continue reading VIP COLUMN – The Benefits of Looking After Number One
Honestly wouldn’t it be great to wake up and find out a magic fairy had spent the night cleaning, sorting and doing the washing… OK back to reality. The washing was still on the line from the day before as it rained about 10 times on it so I just gave up. My room was… Continue reading VIP COLUMN – Focus on the present