2018-03-24 18:26
Mental health is a thing, luckily a thing that is becoming much more widely accepted – about time!
12 years ago I turned his world upside down. I left him! Quite simply I broke his hea… Read More
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I'm a Mum, wife, daughter, sister, friend and I'm that person you avoid eye contact with in the playground. I'm currently Mumming the s*** out of life
2018-02-03 21:33
Do you have a crew? A village? A queen team? An army of loyal companions?
I do! I don’t need a battalion of people, I don’t need them to all get along, but I do need them. Some I… Read More
2018-02-03 20:59
When did it change? I mean, when did I stop seeing what everyone else saw? When did I start to notice I wasn’t the pretty one? When did I notice I didn’t get the boys?? All I kno… Read More
2017-09-27 17:32
Elliott has been really struggling with school, one way or another it’s not been a great start for him. He is trying so hard and for that reason he had a Macdonalds dinner tonigh… Read More
2017-09-27 17:31
Non parent – but you only work part time.
Me – you’re right, I ONLY work part time! It’s all Jacuzzi baths and facials in my life.
Just because I only work part time… Read More
2017-09-16 11:56
When it was just the three of us, Elliott, Steve and I, I didn’t think things could get better than what we had. We didn’t have loads of money, we lived in a small house and we c… Read More
2017-09-02 12:14
These two people are my parents. They are known as Mum and Dad, Sue and Mike, and Nanna and Granddad. They’ve been loyal friends to many and endured their fair share of sadness, sadnes… Read More
2017-08-29 09:12
“Aw, you let him play with dolls??? … cute.”
So supposedly by letting him play with dolls confuses him, it could make him gay and it could also make him a cross dresser da… Read More
2017-08-28 19:52
It’s not that often he takes me by surprise anymore. 15 years in and it could be the occasional impromptu Willy flash as he walks into the living room of an evening. I can’t say… Read More
2017-08-24 07:54
When I had Elliott I went for acupuncture to treat my Postnatal Depression. It was my desperate attempt to not go down the medication route, and it worked really well. I found more strength… Read More
2017-08-20 07:06
Have you ever heard of the poem The Dash? My Mum did an English degree when I was a teenager so it goes without saying, I have heard a lot of literature over the years.
This one has always s… Read More
2017-08-19 12:35
I took on all your judgemental stares, I looked at the information regarding children having dummies, I heard you when you said “jeez, he still has a dummy!?!?”.
Yesterday… Read More
2017-05-31 08:48
“Mummy, why do you cross your legs when you sneeze?”
“Sweetheart, you had a head circumference of 38.5cm. I just count my lucky stars I don’t shit myself when I sneez… Read More
2017-05-28 11:09
Womens cancer strips the lives of too many. They take away the heart and soul of many women. They reveal the ugly reality that cancer doesn’t discriminate.
Last night we rode for… Read More
2017-05-27 09:46
I like colouring my hair about as much as I’d like a colonic irrigation. I’ve worked out I only need to do it 12 times a year, once a month and yet I absolutely hate it.
It was o… Read More
2017-05-24 18:48
I try to introduce a little colour into my life and it let’s me down every single time.
Some women don’t sweat and always look fresh and clean. I on the other hand sweat li… Read More
2017-05-23 17:54
Manchester we stand with you.
To every parent who’s learning today they have lost what can’t be replaced, I wish our words, love and support could heal your hurt.
To all th… Read More
2017-05-21 18:02
I go to bed at night and think, I’ll worry about my chip pan hair in the morning. Anyone else do this? Almost like your hair will be magically washed over night and you won’t hav… Read More
2017-05-20 19:27
Why does the vagina get such a raw deal? Literally that thing takes a pounding and yet it just keeps on going! We have child birth, periods, menopause and we’re more likely to get thru… Read More
2017-05-17 13:26
It’s these little moments as a school Mum that I truly love. I always make sure I bake a cake, decorate it nicely and try to support the school the best way I can. I lovingly prepare t… Read More
2017-05-16 06:53
Sometimes it’s okay to inwardly say ‘son, that’s a whole heap of crap you’ve made there’. They look up to you with their big hopeful eyes, filled with excitemen… Read More
2017-05-15 07:41
Do You find by the end of the day sometimes you don’t feel you have the energy required to fight your way back into your jeans? After I devoured 4 pieces of crackling (hhhmmm cooked pi… Read More
2017-05-12 18:42
Confessions of a greedy Mum – I carefully pulled the box open, replaced the egg for a cheap crappy version and ate the Cadburys one while Toby napped and Elliott was at school. I then… Read More
2017-05-09 19:43
Time! God, it’s so precious. Sometimes I feel like their childish chub, innocence is slipping through my hands like sand. I recognise how each passing year Elliott grows slightly more… Read More
2017-05-09 07:09
Can you remember your first date? I can!
My nervous hands shook over the send button on my Nokia 3310 to say I was 5 minutes away, as my parents drove me to our first date (because I… Read More
2017-05-05 11:52
I’ve been told off! I have officially been given a friendly lecture … over my language. I’m 33, I have 2 children, I own my own home, I’m married but I got told off… Read More
2017-05-05 11:51
Today is a big day! Today should be recognised around the world! It’s not until postnatal but prenatal too.
I hear women who are told they can’t take antidepressants because they… Read More
2017-04-30 11:17
Some parents talk about their childs poo, some might even discuss dinner plans or even asking if the other has noticed that strange rash on their childs leg? Steve and I talk about porridge… Read More
2017-04-27 09:02
I heard all the horror stories about terrible withdrawals when you stop taking antidepressants. I would get an anxious knot in my tummy every time I thought about it. The thought of going ba… Read More
2017-04-25 20:41
Elliott was hysterically crying last night that his foot hurt. Steve yet again busted out the dictionary and tried to soothe him with words like “Elliott, this is just irrational. Now… Read More
2017-04-24 09:19
Just because sometimes being a prick is all you have to offer in life.
I really did think I had parenting down to a tee when I had Elliott. I used the naughty corner (our front door. The nei… Read More
2017-04-20 07:56
Do you ever try to divert your whorish mouth when you hurt yourself in front of the kids? I stubbed my toe this morning and I want to scream “YOU MOTHER FUCKING PRICK” but I shou… Read More
2017-04-17 11:37
Elliott has got to that age where he believes in monsters in his wardrobe and he doesn’t think of them as the loveable Sully from Monsters Inc. He really gets freaked out. Because I am… Read More
2017-04-15 21:34
When we were younger we talked about our future, what our kids would look like and how we’d parent them. I always had this idea about what kind of Dad he’d be. I hear so SO much… Read More
2017-04-12 15:36
We argued last night over socks! As in, went to bed pissed at each other over socks! Elliott is obsessional about wearing them to bed, we are trying to kick the habit because his feet are st… Read More
2017-04-11 08:18
My silvery lines of lushness. These are my storybook of how I became a Mum, they represent all the different ways I have had to bend and flex to accommodate the life I helped to create. They… Read More
2017-04-10 08:02
8 years ago I wrote a book and because I am generally that impulsive I told my parents, my best friend and Steve that I HAD to be taken seriously as a professional writer! Quite frankly, I f… Read More
2017-04-07 20:48
I saw something horrifying today. I saw something that made me ashamed to a human being. I did my usual school run and saw the car in front of me honk their horn and swear at the man at the… Read More
2017-04-06 19:19
Do you ever think of getting plastic surgery? Having a bit of lip filler? Maybe a bit of a tit lift? Liposuction? I have! All the time. I have a list, the list to make me look ‘perfect… Read More
2017-04-03 18:22
I constantly worry, I’m getting it wrong? How do I keep it even? How can I show them both that I love them equally? How do I let them see that they both mean so much??? I see Elliott w… Read More
2017-03-29 20:38
When I’m a Mum I won’t …. if I was the Mum I’d make sure …. when I’m a Mum I’ll always do …. when I’m a Mum you’ll never see me… Read More
2017-03-27 13:01
Big moment for us. Elliott has NEVER wanted to get on any sort of ride unless it was aimed at toddlers, and even then he was dubious. I felt so chuffed as we queued for this, the moment has… Read More
2017-03-24 21:25
Generally speaking Steve is pretty laid back (he needs to be to deal with me) and even if I wanted an argument, I won’t get one out of him because he just doesn’t anger easily. A… Read More
2017-03-23 09:35
I can’t find a funny quip this evening or make you laugh, because joviality all seems a little wrong. Watching in horror as The News broadcast devastating news this afternoon. I unders… Read More
2017-03-17 21:31
Just over 1 year ago I had finished a group called Life With Baby. I met people I felt I could relate to. They understood the struggle. Some of them knew what postnatal depression felt like… Read More
2017-03-16 15:08
My friends might remember this photo. I took it on 16th September 2016 and posted it to celebrate that I had successfully managed to wean myself off my sleeping medication and for the first… Read More
2017-03-14 20:48
I feel like all I ever say to people is “Don’t assume everything is great because someone posts their kick ass life all over Facebook”. Social media is amazing at b… Read More
2017-03-14 13:28
Someone recently told me they thought people who suffer with depression need to learn to suck it up. I truly love that idea! Don’t you? To literally suck up all the crap and follow the… Read More
2017-03-12 21:23
Do you ever look back at old photos and say “I wish I was as skinny as I was when I thought I was fat” ? I asked Steve last month to take a photo of me in the red dress I wore to… Read More
2017-03-11 21:40
This guy ❤. He means everything to me, I think you already know that though. He is the Ying to my Yang. We are best mates and I tell him absolutely everything, even the stuff he proba… Read More
2017-03-09 14:44
Dear school kids,
Let me introduce you to my Son. You probably know him, he’s that kid you call names and you occasionally punch, because it’s funny. You think it’s hilario… Read More
2017-03-08 18:03
Happy Love yourself inside and out day all you beautiful warriors. Its an honour to share a day of celebration next to all of you, the lady who served me in the shops, the lady woman who ope… Read More
2017-03-07 09:21
Let me tell you a story. There was this woman, she didn’t have children but she had two these two girls that kind of idolised her. They were her nieces and whatever she said was just a… Read More
2017-03-06 13:00
A same sex couple have recently welcomed their first child into the world and are both breastfeeding, one being the birth mother, one tricking her body into lactating. They’re being ju… Read More
2017-03-05 08:02
I love my kids, I love my husband, more than words can describe but for the first time since having Toby (18 months ago) I am in the house on my own. I have no responsibility, I am getting r… Read More
2017-03-03 12:58
Steve and I are working parents. I only do 2 days a week but it’s still 2 days where childcare is required from 7am until 5pm. I have been a ‘working mum’ since Elliott was… Read More
2017-03-01 17:39
I am a woman, I have lived in this earth for nearly 33 years and this is my body. Let me choose what is right for it. I am about to open a whole can of worms, I am potentially going to make… Read More
2017-03-01 10:30
Some parents make giraffes for their children on Pancake Day. Then there’s me, making my kids dreams come true with this anemic, clinically obese Octopus.
You’re welcome ki… Read More
2017-02-28 08:27
In amongst all that green knitted fabric is one of his many grandchildren. Its not often that you can say in life that you had the pleasure of knowing one of your heroes but this man is one… Read More
2017-02-26 20:54
I’ve watched someone I love deal with miscarriage. I have had the honour of watching them come undone behind closed doors. I say honour because it takes huge strength to unravel, to me… Read More
2017-02-25 22:09
Me: can you rub my back?
Steve: no!
Me: thank you.
Steve: for fuck sake Laura!! Can I feel a boob?
Me: no!
That is the reality of our Saturday nights. I genuinely thought ‘Netflix and… Read More
2017-02-25 12:14
Should I be so honest? Probably not! But hey, we all know I have no filter. Did I actually want Toby? If I’m completely honest… no! I felt like it was a duty to Elliott to give… Read More
2017-02-22 20:21
I love timehop. It reminds you of ‘precious’ moments like this. I went to get a drink and came back to Elliott playing cowboys and Indians. He had stuck this to Tobys head… Read More
2017-02-22 08:07
Boys will be boys, that’s just what boys do, oh boys love a bit of rough and tumble. There is always an exemption made for how boys behave. They wrestle, they hit and fight but it&rsqu&hell…Read More
2017-02-21 21:52
I’d like to introduce you to my Nan (also me before GHDs existed), she was Lebanese, she spoke broken English, was as tall as Yoda and had a heart of gold. She loved with every single… Read More
2017-02-18 12:01
I’m going to talk about the post baby elephant in the room. Ladies, all of you! Yes! Hemroids suck. Like pushing a melon out of your NuNu wasn’t enough you now have piles… Read More
2017-02-13 20:40
I know what you’re thinking! You’re thinking this fine piece of ass got hundreds of Valentines Day cards when I was younger. Well, I’m about to tell you something th… Read More
2017-02-12 17:05
How can love be defined by the gender you fall for? The colour of your skin? Or the religion you believe? Whether you grow up to be straight, gay, or bisexual know that I will truly… Read More
2017-02-10 17:25
I remember when going out for the evening meant I’d sit quietly in my room carefully putting on my face and primping myself casually, maybe even having a little snooze. Now, it… Read More
2017-01-19 14:07
Seriously!?!? How is payday still so far away?!?!? January always feels like the lead up to Christmas, it’s like time stops! With 27p to my name I can’t even buy myself a… Read More
2017-01-18 10:45
I’m constantly torn between telling myself I’m totally happy with my size and inadvertently smacking Cadburys Chocolate fingers out of my hand calling myself a ‘gree… Read More
2017-01-16 18:45
Today I cried. Today I felt loss and grief that was so unexpected. I always wanted three children. The idea, the wonderful romance of it all swept me off my feet. Through rose tinted glasses… Read More
2017-01-15 16:02
Right now, I should be making dinner and tidying the house but instead I sit here looking at this screen thinking about everything that involves my arse staying on the sofa while Peter Pan… Read More
2017-01-15 15:39
Finally sit down, the kids are in bed and you remember – you went to Gregs like a gutty bitch at 9am this morning and bought yourself a cake to eat when no one else was around… Read More
2017-01-10 09:38
Argos! How do I begin to show my gratitude? How do I articulate my overwhelming thanks? I am just SO relieved that when my husband looks for inspiration for my birthday that he&rsquo&helli…Read More
2016-12-11 11:07
You know when you have a baby? That incredibly exhausting, emotionally draining, traumatic experience? Then you get discharged from hospital 5 hours later … with literally no i… Read More
2016-12-06 21:39
You know when you are trying to teach a child a lesson? Threaten them with something that they wouldn’t want if they don’t behave?
Me: Elliott, if you can’t be… Read More
2016-11-27 16:08
So, I’m dyslexic! Yes, I’ve said it! I am totally not ashamed to say, I am dyslexic. I’m going to ask all you really cool non-dyslexic people a favour. When someone… Read More
2016-11-24 09:26
Breast V Bottle-fed! Am I mad???? Am I completely stupid??? Bringing up a subject that leaves parents everywhere so divided??? Well, here it goes! So as you most likely know, after I… Read More
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