Author: NewMumNewLife

We had a first birthday last week! It marked the end of the fastest year of my life! I cannot believe that our little man is one. And in lockdown too, so not exactly the family tea party or the birthday weekend trip to Dublin Zoo that I’d envisaged. Still, we made the best of… Continue reading First Year Reflections

As a parent one of the things you want to be able to do is to provide for your children. When a crisis like the current one we’re in happens that can become difficult. Now, I’m very fortunate in that, although my music job is currently on a hiatus with no definite return date as… Continue reading The Unknown Future of Music

Hi! How are you doing? It has been so long since I last posted because, to be quite honest, I’ve just been so busy; in fact I can’t believe how busy I’ve been without leaving the house! Up until last week I was working from home as well as looking after my little man. Naturally… Continue reading It’s Been A While…

A scene from this morning's walk. I spoke to someone today! An actual person in the flesh – who wasn’t my husband or my son! It was the postman and we had a short conversation; under normal circumstances this isn’t unusual as I’m living in a semi-rural area of Ireland where generally you would know… Continue reading We Really Do Need Each Other

A rainbow in the window of my best friend's home, she made it with her 4-year-old twin sons. Rainbows are being displayed in homes across the UK at the moment to spread hope and cheer when people walk past. I've not heard about it happening in Ireland but it could be doing - I haven't… Continue reading Perspective

Happy Mother’s Day to you all! It’s certainly not the Mother’s Day any of us expected it to be with the way the world is. But I just feel so blessed to be celebrating my first Mother’s Day with my little man. The best way I thought I could celebrate this special day was to… Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day!

Hi! How are things going for you today? Like most people, I'm still trying to get my head around what's going on in the world at the moment. It's just like being in a movie that never ends and at the moment there appears to be no end in sight. To be honest, despite trying… Continue reading #Feelgoodweekend

Hi everyone,  How are you all doing? This is the oddest situation isn’t it? And I think probably the hardest thing for all of us is not knowing when it’s going to end and what it’s going to entail. The fear of the unknown I suppose.  But I think that the two most important things… Continue reading How are you doing?

I’ve seen lots of posts and ideas about how to keep school aged children occupied during the school closures but what happens if, like me, you’re staying at home with a baby who can’t entertain themselves and has no idea what’s going on? And in my case a baby who, unless he is asleep, doesn’t… Continue reading My Top Tips for Being at Home with a Baby During the Covid-19 Pandemic

And just like that, over two weeks has gone by with not a blog post in sight! Plenty of blog posts written in my head but none have actually made it to screen. The time has just been so busy with other writing projects, work and, most importantly, spending time with my little man. Whenever… Continue reading Catching Up