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Children Count Down to Half Term. Parents Count Down Preparing.
The Planning Starts Before Half Term Even Begins The week before half term always feels different. The children are excited.Counting down the days.Already talking about snacks, movies, later bedtimes and what they want to do during the break. Meanwhile, my brain quietly switches into preparation mode. Not panic exactly. Just planning. As a full-time working… Read more
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How Firstborn Daughters Show Up in Motherhood: The Pressure to Hold Everything Together (Part 2)
How do firstborn daughters show up in motherhood? This reflective blog explores emotional pressure, mental load, relationship grief, and the quiet responsibility many eldest daughters carry into parenting and building a home. Read more
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Being the Firstborn… and Realising What It Made Me Carry (Part 1)
A reflective look at how being the firstborn shapes identity, responsibility and motherhood. Exploring mental load, growth and what we carry without realising. Read more
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Understanding Children’s Behaviour as a Mum: Why I Had to Change First
When Behaviour Feels Like Too Much My house is loud. Not just a little background noise… I’m talking constant energy, laughter, questions, emotions, and “Mum, Mum, Mum” on repeat. It’s full of joy. Full of life. And also… full of moments that test me in ways I didn’t expect. Lately, it hasn’t just been the… Read more
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What the World Gets Wrong About Single Mums (And the Truth About Single Mum Life)
A powerful reflection on the perception of single mums vs the reality of single mum life. Exploring identity, mental load and personal growth in motherhood. Read more
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Part 1: The Way the World Sees Single Mums… and the Questions It Planted in Me
A reflective look at how single mums are perceived, the mental load of motherhood, and how identity, values, and self-awareness shape how we respond. Read more
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The Day My Childminder Came Back (Why Support Matters More Than We Admit as Mums)
A single mum of three reflects on the emotional impact of having childcare support return, and why the mental load of motherhood is heavier than we admit. Read more
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A Week Without Childcare as a Single Mum of 3 (The Real Mental Load)
What happens when childcare disappears? A single mum of three shares the real mental load of doing it all alone, from school runs to emotional exhaustion. Read more
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Two Birthdays. One Lesson in Strength.
This year, my daughter and I shared a birthday celebration on the same day. What sounded beautiful in theory became one of the most stretching, refining, and revealing experiences I’ve had in a long time. Planning a children’s party is not just about balloons and cake. It is logistics. It is budgeting. It is communication.… Read more
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While I Was Quiet
For the last couple of weeks, I haven’t been posting. Not because I was stuck. Not because I didn’t know what to say. But because I was building. In the middle of planning a birthday weekend, organising RSVPs, managing motherhood, and navigating real life, something shifted. I did a photoshoot for my daughter in our… Read more
Raising Three, Rebuilding Me 