motherhood

Two weeks after Dominic was born, Mike announced that he was going out for a bike ride. “Just a 50km loop,” he said. “I’ll be back within two hours.” I…

Everyone says motherhood is full of surprises. They’re right. Here are 24 of mine. I never thought I would… 1. Leak milk at the sight of a puppy. 2. Wipe…

“What have you been thinking about joy recently?” Mike asked me over lunch the other day. “I’ve been thinking about that research suggesting that people are happier before they have…

Three weeks after my first child was born, my uncle leaned towards my husband, Mike, over the dinner table. “It would be nice,” he said, “to see something positive on…

I wrote the following on Tuesday. It’s now Thursday. C’est la vie at the moment… This time last week I was still two hours and 15 minutes from giving birth.…

Last night, after I got up to visit the bathroom for the third time, the baby woke up and started squirming. Then he got the hiccups. I lay there in…