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To three or not to three, that is the question.
The repeated question I have faced in the playground since I was pregnant with Lbaby is about my decision to have 3 kids. Mothers ask me, mostly conspiratorially, what it’s like with 3 and how we came...
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A lesson learnt
I was flying solo as a parent last week. We’ve all done it and for the most part we survive even if we have to REALLY struggle our way through. I knew going into the week it was going to be full on. I...
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A little offering
I am flying solo again which is unexpected. And while small changes are beginning to make the whole single parent thing a little easier, am I allowed to say I’m completely over it? To get me through, I...
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Of which we rarely speak
I am cold and my legs look really hairy without my glasses. I have no contact lenses in either as you’re not allowed under a general anaesthetic. I’m trying to read about Shane Warne’s text messaging...
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Today I watched this: And then a friend sent me this (thank you Eve). And I was struck by the serendipity of experiencing both of these in the same day. I feel there is a message. I’m not sure what it...
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Two hard: the struggle with the toddler
don’t trust him people It would be fair to say that my unconscious has been working overtime in the last 3 years to surpress any memory I have of toddlerdom. Put it this way, if you could bottle the...
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If I could turn back time
I would: have kids when I’m older travel more, and hit Asia with a vengeance be more flexible about babies’ sleep schedules focus more on exactly I wanted in my career publish buy a set of fitted...
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A letter from my future self
I wrote this in the wake of my previous post and with the fear that regret is viral, eradicated only by intangible hope. Dear Francesca I write this, sitting at my window above the row of gardenias you...
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How I survived a family holiday
my real life sunset I’m not exactly sure what the term ‘family holiday’ means. Firstly, just placing these words next to each other undoes any true, and positive, meaning of the second. A family...
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How to manage time away from the children
I go away for a week on Friday. Without children. I could feel guilty about this. But I don’t. I could feel apprehensive. But I don’t. I could worry that the kids will be feral, that their carers will...
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