Unmindful Mama

Making peace with the VBAC that never was

Sometimes I feel like a warrior woman having battled two intensive labours and come through them triumphant, scars ‘n’ all. Persevering with breastfeeding which didn’t come easily either time, whilst…

An ode to my baby boy before his first day at school

In precisely two sleeps’ time, my son, you’ll not be my baby boy; Once you enter those big iron gates, without your favourite toy. And even though there’s lots of…

Five ways my children take after me (that I wish they didn’t!)

When my kids are doing something pretty annoying, my natural assumption will be (after much huffing and puffing and fervent eye-rolling of course) ‘well you don’t get that from me,…