Let me start by saying the fact that I am still a little bit wobbly in the tummy area a few years post twins and I’m facing a penultimate birthday in January may bear a little influence in how I am feeling as of late. I feel a little delicate about my ageing self however there is... Continue Reading →
Giving the twins freedom and not losing any hair in the process.
There will come a day when you will give up your double buggy after one too many black eyes( I joke) from wrestling your twins into their seats . You will have had one too many stressful situations trying to manipulate two rigid kids into what they deem a medieval torture holding device and will... Continue Reading →
Soggy socks & sippy cups – From boob to beakers
Soggy socks set me off tonight on a trip down memory lane! As I squelched into the kitchen for the umpteenth time that evening for kitchen roll to mop up a pool of water on the ground I smiled back fondly to days of simple choices of left or right. There was little to zero... Continue Reading →
Packing for multiples, from the early days to toddlerhood & beyond
There comes a time in every multiple mothers’ life when she braves going out. For me the twins were a few weeks old and still on three hourly feeding cycles before we ventured anywhere beyond our local river walks or relations homes. A twin changing bag is essential and yet you will still have the... Continue Reading →
Does the worry ever leave?
We need you to lie on your left hand side in this bed and only get up for the toilet for the next few weeks. We need you to get to 26 weeks to intervene if they come early. Let me start by saying we are living a happy ending but I will admit that... Continue Reading →
Hell work -aka Housework
If you ever pay a visit to my house, chances are you will not fully appreciate the effort we have gone to in the hour of panic before you arrive. I’ve never been a Monica about cleaning, it doesn’t fill me with glee when I see my reflection in my kitchen tiles, ( hence why... Continue Reading →
Oh brain where art thou….
There's a smell that's lingering in my kitchen this evening and if you were to look in my kitchen sink and bin right now there's three burnt pots, a 1Kg bag of carrots which earlier had been chopped into toddler bite size portions, two Butternut squashes (again chopped into teeney bites) four chopped up onions,... Continue Reading →
Time
It's a funny thing isn't it! When your baby is a newborn you can't wait for them to smile,gurgle,burp ,fart even! Parents aren't fussy, as long as they do anything to just acknowledge they see you in their little worlds, you are happy/ You can't wait for them to smile properly for the first time.... Continue Reading →
The family meal
We are encouraged these days to put away the smart phones and any form of screen at the table but after attempting to engage in conversation with the other half for the fourth time over dinner one evening last week, we admitted defeat and the screens were back out on the table. It wasn’t us... Continue Reading →



