Author: NewMumNewLife

I bought myself an Easter egg yesterday. A whole one, just for myself, well over six weeks before Easter. You see I absolutely love Easter egg chocolate and, as an adult, well I simply don’t get enough of it. I justified this purchase on three counts: One – it was only €1.49; Two – in… Continue reading Enough is Enough

Hello again! The past couple of weeks have been so busy, with work, my little man and working on something that’s a potentially exciting future project. But now it’s finally the mid-term break and I feel I can breathe a little easier for a few days. Five months into my return to work I think… Continue reading The Realities of Being a Part-Time Working Mum

A few months ago I wrote an honest account of my experience of breastfeeding my son. For reasons that I explained in that blog post, I never exclusively breastfed him, it was always combination feeding. It wasn’t what I wanted to happen and it wasn’t what I envisaged doing before he was born but it’s… Continue reading One Question

Pushy mother! How old is that child? Surely he can’t even be a year old? I mean, the above photo does conjure up those kind of thoughts, or maybe not. But yes those are my little man’s hands; and yes that is a proper piano; and yes that’s my knee he’s sat on. But trust… Continue reading Giving the Gift of Music

Now, I’ll admit the title of this blog has been inspired by the hashtag for Greta Gerwig’s amazing movie Little Women- #ownyourstory. I think it’s fantastic that we’re living in a world that encourages us to be ourselves, to be proud of our story and who we are. A world that is starting to embrace individuals,… Continue reading #Own Your Parenthood

One of my cards from my card making phase back in 2017 I read a brilliant article the other day in the newish (it launched March 2019) parenting magazine Motherdom, a magazine which I cannot recommend highly enough. The article, "The Science Behind Creativity and Maternal Mental Health" by Becca Moore, talked about the importance… Continue reading Embracing Creativity

This morning's "simple pocket of calm". Oh my goodness, I feel like I’m running a marathon! The days are just flying by and I seem to be occupying every minute with something! I’m up at 6am and from then on I’m feeding, changing, dressing, playing and giggling with my little man. If I’m working I drop… Continue reading “Simple Pockets of Calm”

Hi everyone, I’ve had a bit of an unplanned break away from the blog, the reason being that I finally finished writing my book! I can’t quite believe it! There’s still lots of work to do but I have, at long last, fulfilled a lifelong dream.  Anyway, enough about that, as that’s not what this… Continue reading The importance of sensitivity towards child-free women.