Christmas shopping with a toddler

This time last year I was writing the same thing only my child was so much smaller and she was definitely not walking. She did have a routine and I was scared to break it so I was making huge efforts to be home in time for lunch and her nap as she refused to…

Toddler on board

  It took us about a year and a half to finally travel with Ruby abroad. There was always something going on so our holiday was postponed. End of November we finally did it. Needless to say I was petrified to travel with a toddler even for 3 hours in a plane. The stories I…

The fear of happiness

  It does exist. I have it. It’s such a strange illness ( can I call it that?)Β  Β It creeps on me every time things seem to be sorted in my life.Β  It’s probably the shit mentality I grew up with: there has to be a balance in life. You can’t have it all. You…