According to my web stats around 72% of people reading this website are parents. And according to my experience, 100% of those people will be knackered. As a parent, sleep is the most precious commodity around. I’m not what I’d…
Today it’s World Sleep Day, with a slogan of ‘Sleep Soundly, Nurture Life’. Which is ironic, because as a mum you spend your entire life nurturing life, and for this exact reason you never sleep soundly. So for us nurturing…
When I became a mum, the standard answer to the question “How are you?” meant one thing, and one thing only. “Tired” That became boring after, ooh, three years or so, and so I started to diversify my answers. “Great!…
I’ve long bemoaned the fact that I don’t get enough sleep. It’s only within the last 4 months that both my children have started sleeping through the night (it’s horrifying this has taken so long) and they are early risers,…
My kids aren’t sleeping. Not at all. Which means I’m not sleeping, either. If you don’t like reading about how shit not sleeping makes you feel then look away now, this is not the blog for you. Come back tomorrow…
There aren’t many things I would change about myself A slightly smaller nose, maybe? A speedier metabolism, or hair that isn’t quite so unruly, perhaps? NO. One thing I have always been unhappy with is the struggle I face each…