Alternative A-Z

B is for birth plan, breasts, book club and, of course, baby.

8 years ago

Our alternative A-Z guide to first-time parenthood continues with ‘M’. ‘M’ is for mayhem, muslins, mastitis and mum-friends… Mayhem A video montage of my early days of parenthood would probably go something like this: Nappies and excrement fly around a room in which laundry is hanging from every available hook, ledge, rack and object. Our […]

11 years ago

Our alternative A-Z guide to first-time parenthood continues with ‘L’: ‘L’ is for Lie-ins, Losing the baby weight, losing the plot, and LOVE Lie-ins Lie-ins are not something that you outright lose after having a baby. It’s more like what actually constitutes a lie-in shifts dramatically. For example, pre-baby a lie-in was sleeping in till […]

11 years ago

Our alternative A-Z guide to first-time parenthood continues with ‘K’: ‘K’ is for Kegels, Kinder Surprise, Kindness and Kill Everyone Kegels “Put down that bagel and do another Kegel!” Kegels are the most boring aspect of pregnancy and not something that I ever felt any inclination to do. My lethargy when it came to Kegels […]

11 years ago

Our alternative A-Z guide to first-time parenthood continues with ‘J’. ‘J’ is for joy, jeopardy, jaundice and jammies… Joy For many, the first few weeks of parenthood are ones of profound joy. Don’t worry if the joy isn’t in evidence 100 per cent of the time, that level of delight would be hard to maintain […]

11 years ago

Our alternative A-Z guide to first-time parenthood continues with ‘I’. ‘I’ is for infant, immunization, irritable and ICK… ‘I’ is for… infant You’ve got one of those now but it is still as much of a mystery as when it was 10,000 leagues under the sea inside your belly. You may start to notice that […]

11 years ago