This is a selfish post in a way but I just needed to write. I am not even entirely sure of where this is going but the words are spilling out. I am heartbroken. Heartbroken for children who face life limiting illnesses and for their parents who struggle against the race that is time to... Continue Reading →
Toys that go bump in the night
"The train will arrive in five minutes". Think about that sentence for one minute, she must be in a train station you automatically assume, wrong. Sure where else would I be? Surely not just after walking into my sitting room after midnight to check on everything before I went to bed that night , himself... Continue Reading →
Hitting the ground running as a multiple parent
For those multiple mams caught up in the never ending cycle of feeding, trying to catch the elusive thing that is sleep, remembering to eat and being somewhere deep in survival mode I won't insult you by saying hang in there. There are a few things that I learned along the way or were offered... Continue Reading →
Gender Neutral BS
It's all gone a little bit mad and too PC for my liking these days. We see it everywhere but for me since becoming a mam to boy/girl twins over the last two and a half years sometimes I feel like running to buy the most over the top sparkliest girly girl dress I can... Continue Reading →
Me Time
Does any of this sound familiar to you ? I wrote this the other night as I forced myself to stay awake a few minutes longer to have some "me time " . It's 11.30pm I should have been in bed hours ago but I am enjoying some "me time" . I say enjoying in reality... Continue Reading →
The Mammy wardrobe
It was as I was packing for a long overdue few days away with the other half that I glanced down at the suitcase contents with a frown on my face. Swiftly unpacking half the case I reminded myself this was a break away without the twins and as a result I was free to... Continue Reading →
Peek a Poo
Have I caught your attention ? From the minute our children enter the world we talk about poo. I bet it doesn't take much to cast your mind back to that lovely first meconium .. It's something we get to know in such intimate detail from that very first experience to the not so pleasant... Continue Reading →
The realities of being a multiple parent
I have had umpteen chats with fellow multiple mams over the years and with 2.5 years "experience" now as a twin mammy I feel I can lay down some pointers on what life is really like as a multiple parent Routine, Routine, Routine Without routine chaos WILL ensue . There just is no other way... Continue Reading →
Slide down the Slide , abandon the dishes!
I wrote this during our very wet summer of 2016 and have spent the Autumn and Winter honing my sliding skills so I have taken my own advice for once I am pleased to say . Have a read ; So today was a typical day like I have spent alot of the days of... Continue Reading →



