‘How are you finding motherhood?’ People would ask shortly after the arrival of my first baby. ‘So great,’ I lied, fighting back the tears. ‘Best thing ever.’ The truth is, I felt like crap. But I had seen the smiling new mums on Facebook and Instagram holding tiny babies in their arms. I had read the glossy parenting magazines. I knew how I should be feeling. I should be glowing with happiness at the arrival of a beautiful, healthy child. So why wasn’t I? When we had visitors, I reluctantly showered and dressed, put on my make up and pretended to be loving this mothering stuff ..read more

Welcome to my brand new newsletter for anyone who is lying in the dark waiting for a small human to fall asleep, bored or just really likes reading newsletters. A bit about this newsletter…. 1) Why are you writing a newsletter instead of  sleeping or drinking a nice glass of wine? Because no one in my house gives a shit about my news. They only care about  snacks and going to the fucking park. Of course, there is a big chance that you don’t give a shit either. And you’ll get so bored reading this that you click on a Google Ad just to get away from me, in which case you just made me 0.000001p w ..read more