Most weekends I have two four year olds asking me on the Friday night “what are we doing tomorrow” and the next day and so on. Planning my weekends is inevitable for all of us. Summer bank holidays in Ireland need a lot of planning […]
For me, becoming a mother has been the toughest challenge. And that is up there with completing a level eight college degree, learning to drive at 45, moving overseas and back, living with a parent who has Alzheimers and parenting alone. I have always felt […]
So, just when you have got the night toilet training all done after a year, one twin starts wetting again. I give up. When does it all get easier with twins. I don’t want to hear that word here “never”. So now I start all […]
If the book “Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine” was written by an Irish author, it would be called “Eleanor Oliphant is grand”. This is what Irish people say for everything even if you have suitcases under your eyes, have forgotten to take your pyjamas off […]
My least favourite time of the day is dinner time. It is a challenge both mentally and physically. My twins are now four. My son has been a fussy eater since he could eat. When they were smaller and in the baby seats at the […]
“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.” -Leo J. Burke To say sleep deprivation is torture would be an understatement. I am just going to write about my experience of sleep deprivation from one of my twins. I would say the […]
A typical day for me the last four years, consists of daily trips to parks, making snacks, cooking dinners, changing nappies then toilet training, hopefully getting six hours unbroken sleep a night and maybe having a shower at some stage of the day. And what […]