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The long weekend from Joanna79 ^Pro 566 days old

[ ... ] can’t help being ill and dh and the groom to be couldn’t have foreseen this when the jolly to Barcelona was booked all those months ago. So, I’m ...

Twin club snobbery from Joanna79 ^Pro 574 days old

[ ... ] have ‘help’ with the girls. ‘Not even a doula?!’ someone shrieked at me once. Er, no. We live in a place called THE REAL WORLD, love. I’m fairly ...

Growing a pair, taking charge and teething from Joanna79 ^Pro 589 days old

My sister has a whole range of colourful sayings. My current favourite is ‘GROW A PAIR!’ which is bellowed at men and women, young and old if she thinks ...

‘I’m concerned about your lack of a local support network.’ (Part 2) from Joanna79 ^Pro 633 days old

In an earlier entry I talked about the fact that the health visitor had expressed concern that we had no friends or family living nearby that could help ...

‘I’m concerned about your lack of a local support network.’ (Part 1) from Joanna79 ^Pro 646 days old

[ ... ] to help when she can.’ HV: ‘Do you have any friends living nearby?’ Me: ‘No, not really.’ HV: ‘You don’t have any friends?’ Me: ‘No, we have ...

Doctors surgeries and the attack of the health and safety brigade from Joanna79 ^Pro 648 days old

[ ... ] to help.’ They smiled. Why couldn’t they have told me this over the phone? It would have saved me a trip. Despite their assurances of help, I ...

It could have been a lot worse from Joanna79 ^Pro 649 days old

[ ... ] for help. At the time I thought she was being quite harsh by giving me the ‘It’s not all cute babies in lovely outfits swanning around at rugby ...