She Who Mums Wins

I'm heading back to work next week after my 12 months of maternity, I am equal parts nervous, sad and excited! Nervous that I will feel like the new kid, sad that I am leaving Rosie and excited that I will be back doing what I love with my brilliant colleagues and clients.  Personally if I feel like I am wearing the right outfit I feel like I can conquer the world and as absolutely nothing suitable for work from pre pregnancy fits me I have had to invest in some new workwear. I am going back 3 days in the first instance and so I don't need loads, and I need to bear in mind that one day it might be boiling and the next raining! I have purchased a few key pieces from H&M and thought I would go through them with you in case you are looking for inspiration for your return to work wardrobe.  I should mention I did hit the Zara sale and tried on so many amazing items but unfortunately none of it fit well enough for me to buy, if you would like me to link any of the Zara workw

It has taken me so long to publish this that our holiday was now nearly 2 months ago but I am hoping it is of some help to those of you who still have lovely holidays to look forward to!  I have to be honest and say when time drew closer to us going on holiday I began getting nervous and thought it may be a really bad idea! What if it was just really hard work?! Thankfully the day arrived and we were packed and ready to go on time, for some reason we decided to have the house rewired whilst we were away and so that caused a few last minute hitches but by 10am we were in the car with all of our luggage and on our way to Bristol!  Rose was 9 and a half months when we went and bum shuffling around the house but not properly on the move and this did make things easier.  Below I have outlined what worked for us and what didn't in the hopes it is of some help, anything we bought which made a real difference I have listed at the bottom. The flights We made the decision t

I wanted to write another post on breastfeeding as it is such a huge part of motherhood for me and I had an overwhelming response to my last breastfeeding article, it clearly hit a nerve and resonated with some of you which is great, I had a lot of private messages as it is a very personal and sensitive subject and thank you to those who shared your stories and advice with me. It has taken me so long to write this new post as every time I have thought about what I would like to get down on paper my thoughts have become a bit of a jumble.  Do I still like breastfeeding? How has it changed? The irony of getting used to it and then weaning, and when will I stop? So I didn’t know where to start and didn’t want it to to be a train of consciousness of my sleep deprived mind!  I found breastfeeding really hard at first, people asked me to explain why, was it a physical or emotional issue? and I found it really hard to articulate, it was both really. It can feel relentless and be