motherhood – Page 2

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019Activity, busyness, communication, education, Exercise, expression, family, inference, learning, mother, Parenting, play, play therapy, running, talking

Express yourself

Are you the kind of person that takes words for face value or do you read between the lines and try and […]

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019anxiety, body, change, community, family, mental health, mother, nap, Outdoors, Parenting, patience, positivity, post natal depression, postnatal depression, pregnancy, self-care, sleep, sleep deprivation, socializing, stress, tiredness, try

Sweet Dreams

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” Ernest Hemingway Anyone else feel like […]

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019Activity, adventure, anxiety, attachment, birth, body, communication, community, education, Exercise, family, Food, Health, Nutrition, labour, mental health, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, post natal depression, postnatal depression, pregnancy, self-care, stress, Uncategorized

Don’t stop movin’

Our bodies are the texts that carry the memories and therefore remembering is no less than reincarnation – Katie Cannon (p. 184) […]

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019adventure, attachment, communication, education, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, learning, mother, Parenting, play, self-care

Miss Polly had a dolly

“Ah the wonderful world of a child’s imagination” Raymond Briggs, The Bear This winter (or should I say eight months) has been, […]

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019Creativity, Food, Health, Nutrition, fruit, mother, Parenting, play, seasonal, summer

Lollipop, lollipop…

Creativity is a wonderful phenomenon. It comes in all shapes and sizes and one of the most beautiful things about it is […]

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019Activity, Creativity, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, play, self-care

We’re going on a bear hunt

This time last year we were basking in that glorious British heatwave. This time this year I’m sitting here in a hoodie! […]

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019adoption, adoptive parent, attachment, birth, community, fostering, mental health, mother, Parenting, self-care, socializing

To infinity

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “Woah, that little life tottering around in front of me totally depends on me and many […]

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019attachment, birth, mother, Parenting, play

Peepo

“Peepo….peepo…” how many times have you said that to a baby in a high pitched voice and thought, why do they get […]

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019birth, mother, Parenting, pregnancy, self-care

It’s a kind of magic

Sickness and utter exhaustion, blissful and divine, excruciating pain, emotional rollercoaster, terrifying, life-changing, nothing prepares you, incredible love, feeling like the most […]

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019birth, mother, Parenting, Uncategorized

Call the Midwife

It’s 3.25am and I’ve woken up soaking wet. Have I wet myself? No, surely I have more control than that (even if […]