parenthood

Taking care of the carers from Joanna79 ^Pro 13 days old

It’s a given that when you have children you are no longer the centre of your universe. Suddenly, your needs as a person are superseded your parental ...

How wide is your buggy? from Joanna79 ^Pro 32 days old

NOTE: the following post is meant to be humorous and satirical. It does NOT reflect my actual feelings towards 98% of mums and only apples to a VERY ...

The passing-on of the procreation torch from Joanna79 ^Pro 47 days old

Dh had his op on Friday and in doing so we passed the torch of procreation on to our friends. We've done our bit for the continuation of the human race ...

That's all folks! from Joanna79 ^Pro 74 days old

The decision has been made. Dh is booked in to have 'The' op at the beginning of October. No more babies for us. He's had to fight quite hard to have ...

Out and about from Joanna79 ^Pro 110 days old

How often do you go out of the house with your children? A couple of times a week? Less? Every day? As someone who gets cabin fever if she has to be ...

Severe smugness alert from Joanna79 ^Pro 127 days old

Just completed a thorough read-through of the girls' nursery settling-in reports, compiled by their keyworker. I won't bore you with the boasty boasty ...

One of those moments... from Joanna79 ^Pro 207 days old

A normal bath time. R and G sitting in the bath, facing each other and splashing about. G started singing 'Ro ro ro ro' and R grabbed her hands. Dh and ...

Yummy mummy observations from Joanna79 ^Pro 255 days old

I've been getting out and about a bit more of late and have been able to observe the Yummy Mummy in her natural habitat - Greenwich Park. On Saturday ...

Helplessness from Joanna79 ^Pro 262 days old

You get through the first year, start getting smug and WHAM! G stops sleeping through the night and you start questioning everything again. If we just ...

I'm not sick but I'm not well... from Joanna79 ^Pro 306 days old

So, I went to see my GP on Friday and wasn't given the usual SAD, depressed in January diagnosis. I told her everything that was going on and she asked ...