{Featured on MummyPages.ie} Someone asked me recently what my earliest memory was…the very first thing I ever remember happening. It is a memory from when I was around 3 years old, and I only know I was that age because I remember being in the kitchen of the house we lived in at the time,…
Read MoreThe Babymakers – Thoughts
{ Also features on MummyPages.ie } Last year, around the time I was preparing myself for our third Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) in an effort to have our second baby, I read online somewhere that TV3 were looking for couples to take part in a documentary series they were going to film about IVF. Last…
Read MoreReturn to Work – The Fear
{ This post was also featured on MummyPages.co.uk } I’m back to work soon, and I’m not sure I’m ready. Yes, sometimes I think of the nice aspects to it – getting to use my brain for non baby related things, having great chats and laughs with my colleagues and friends, getting to dress in…
Read MoreThe Nostalgia Factor
I’m sentimental, I always have been. I’m very nostalgic, I’ll listen to a lot of – let’s face it, cheesy music – purely because it will take me back to a time or a place that makes me feel happy. I’m that type of person who ends up ruining the last couple of days of their holidays because I get so disappointed…
Read MoreRaising Male Feminists
Sometime in the last two weeks or so, I looked at Rian, and momentarily looked away. When I looked back at him again, he had suddenly changed from my eldest baby, to my little boy. Somehow, even though I have been looking at him almost constantly, he grew out of his baby like ways and…
Read MoreThe Age of Internet Parenting
I picked up my phone recently and had a great chat in my ‘November 2014 Babies’ WhatsApp group, and for about the billionth time thought how grateful I was that I had met these amazing women online. It’s a place I can go to vent, chat, discuss, ponder, laugh and have general craic in, with…
Read MoreNow I Can S P E L L
There are many ways in which I’ve changed since producing and giving birth to two Bumps. Let me count the ways. Hilariously – I used to think I was ‘tired’. Tired! If I got woken up at 8am on a Saturday by a neighbour’s barking dog it would almost bring a tear to my eye.…
Read MoreThe 2-Year-Old Survivor Guide, by Jen
Like many brave war heroes before me, I know that entering a war zone or battle requires much strategic planning and preparation. It’s every woman for herself, there can be only one winner. Make sure it’s you. Yes, I’m talking about parenting a two year old. Oh, he might seem harmless, sitting there with his cute little…
Read MoreA Day in Our Life
I published my last post a few weeks ago now, and it got a lovely response! I have to say it is one of my favourite posts. I also got a lot of compliments about the photos in it, and I just adore them, so I figured why not post a post about them too…
Read MoreThis Too Shall Pass
I remember during one particularly tough phase of Rian’s first few months when he had colic, someone said to me ‘This too shall pass’ – and of course it does. I see it quite often in parenting groups; someone will ask for advice on dealing with some tricky new hurdle and usually all we can…
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The Scenic Route 