therhetoricalmummyDec 29, 20203 minLooking back to move forwardSomeone posted a photo the other day from this time last year, (Dec 2019) and to anyone looking in on the outside they would see a group ...
therhetoricalmummyJul 27, 20201 min365 days of YOU!It’s all the cliches they tell you and some of the ones they don’t You arrived 12 days before your due date You came as an early surprise...
therhetoricalmummyJun 1, 20206 minFinding the joy in lockdown!10 weeks in. Lockdown, lockdown, lockdown......where even do you start? It is so different in so many different ways for every single per...
therhetoricalmummyMay 1, 20205 minA hard lesson!6 to 9 months: you have been my hardest lesson so far. A time that has been so full of ups and downs, with the highs being so outrageousl...
therhetoricalmummyApr 13, 20204 min38 weeks (+2)38 + 2: That’s how long I carried you for and that’s how old you are now. I find it amazing that the same amount of time has passed so qu...
therhetoricalmummyMar 29, 20202 minDear the NHSYou are the Diamond in the UK’s crown and never have you shone so brightly. You were founded in July 1948 and embody six core values Work...
therhetoricalmummyMar 23, 20205 minWhat is in a moment....**Please note that this was written a long time before the emergence of COVID-19 and government procedures were put in place in the UK. I...
therhetoricalmummyMar 9, 20202 minHanging by a thread, stretched so thin you could snap..........the power of sleep.It’s feels like I’ll never sleep again. It feels like I haven’t slept since January. It feels like a huge weight hanging behind my eyes t...
therhetoricalmummyFeb 11, 20205 minSix months.....Is this a joke........you are six months old! You are no longer a newborn, you are a baby, like a proper baby now, one who rolls over, wh...
therhetoricalmummyJan 15, 20206 minDefine your identity.......Identity is such a broad topic, it’s so multi faceted and means so many things to so many different people. Is it the colour of your eyes...
therhetoricalmummyDec 23, 20195 min10 things that brought me joy in November.....1. Sushi: sooooo some people find the lack of alcohol during pregnancy tricky, this didn’t bother me so much, however the lack of sushi d...
therhetoricalmummyDec 16, 20197 minBest buys for baby.....There are so many decisions to make before baby arrives: names, hospital birth, home birth, birthing partner and then there’s the STUFF t...
therhetoricalmummyDec 10, 20194 min19 weeks old and what are you like.......19 weeks ago we’d not met, we knew each other, but we’d never met, we’d grown together over the previous 38 weeks but we’d still never me...
therhetoricalmummyDec 3, 20193 minI miss me.......Am I making too much of a big deal out of this? Do I feel so utterly blessed and so totally ungrateful in the same moment? Do I talk abou...
therhetoricalmummyNov 13, 20192 minThose invisible kisses on your headNot a day goes by that I don’t kiss your head You won’t remember and you won’t know but it’s my little secret, Every one of those kisses ...
therhetoricalmummyNov 11, 20196 min10 things that brought me joy in October 1. Paternity leave and the absolute joy it brings. So at the end of October my husband was fortunate enough to take some time off in line...
therhetoricalmummyNov 3, 20199 minThree months in.....So 3 months in and what have I learnt, what’s new? What continues to flabbergast me, what makes me smile, what makes me cry and what at t...
therhetoricalmummyOct 17, 20194 minBreast dressed! So 12 weeks in and we’re still persevering with breast feeding. Initially I set myself the goal of 6 months and although there have been ...
therhetoricalmummyOct 14, 20195 minAs a new mummy am I allowed to say the word.........bored? Some people look at me with raised eyebrows, some people look at me in disdain, some people say 'yes absolutely you can', others aren’t s...
therhetoricalmummyOct 7, 20198 minFrankly feeding.......Before I delve into this I would just like to make it really clear that this entry is in no way stating that breast feeding is ‘the best’...