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The Hot Mum Conundrum (opens the original)
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There are a lot of “hot mum” conversations going around, and at first I wanted to be a part of them, but then I realised, and I’m not sure I’ll articulate it properly, that I don’t have much to say, because I don’t want to be a hot mum; I want to be a hot woman. My being a mum has nothing to do with me wanting to feel beautiful, sexy and fully in my own skin. I wanted that before I became a mum, while becoming a mum (I was anything but, except for one evening in Mallorca when I thought I looked
A day in my life with a 14-month-old (opens the original)
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6:00 AM on the dot My daughter wakes up and starts babbling. Sleep has not been good lately. I wonder if I transitioned her to one nap too early, if she is a low-sleep-needs baby, or if she is overtired, undertired, or something else. I get so envious of mums whose kids sleep properly. Yesterday, I read a post written by a woman whose 2-year-old sleeps almost 13 hours at night and then does a 2-hour nap during the day. I’m not sure my baby slept that much even as a newborn. I must stop consuming
September meal-plan: mindful shopping, baking with a toddler (opens the original)
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So I’ve decided to take meal planning seriously. I am famously not good at it. I love food too much, and I love shopping for food too much. On any given day, I might do an online shop, swing by the market, the butcher, the bakery, the Vietnamese shop - all in the same afternoon. It’s very lovely, but it’s not very sustainable. I have no clear vision of what I’m actually going to cook (even though I do recycle recipes), so sometimes food goes bad, we’ve got fruit flies circling the kitchen, and t
The First Cold of the Season (opens the original)
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We are sick, snot and all. It’s probably not the last time I’ll say it this season, even though I am hopeful. It’s not flu, not COVID, and not RSV, thank god — annoying nevertheless.Bean woke up at 3:30 a.m. today, coughing and snotty, and I spent the next hour trying to get her back to sleep. When I finally succeeded, I, of course, could not sleep myself, so I went on to make coffee and drown myself in the bliss that is online shopping. There is this online second-hand bookshop that I absolutel
Back-to-school moodboard for adults (opens the original)
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It is technically still summer, but I know it’s autumn because a) even though the days are still warm, in the mornings, there is a crispy chill in the air b) I have a burning desire to buy new stationery, go back to school and wear layers. I am excited for autumn. I am excited for the rain. Doooo youu remember the raaaaaaaaain? I am excited to make stews and hearty soups and bake many pies, both sweet and savoury (steak and kidney pie, anyone?). I am excited for the leaves turning yellow. I am e
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