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Continue reading →: The day I tested my child for Covid-19It was 6am and I had drunk too much wine the night before to enjoy any part of being awake this early. Unfortunately there was a sobbing child standing next to my bed with a croaky voice telling me she didn’t feel well. I stared at her for a few…
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Continue reading →: The Prattling Wibbler ReturnethI temporarily made this blog private last year. I did this for several reasons, the main one being a Massive Attack of The Wibblies. The Wibblies, also known as Crippling Bouts of Indecision and Fear which render one Irritatingly yet Decidedly Undecided*, are a phenomenon to which I am unfortunately…
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Continue reading →: The Story of a Third Pregnancy (aka Throwback to the days of Gravity and Professional Hairdressing)It’s not just about that soft gleam of naivety in my eyes. Or the fact that I’ve clearly visited a professional hairdresser sometime in the last few weeks rather than squinted over a sink with a comb and a pair of rusty bathroom scissors, feverishly swearing whilst trying to remember that teenager’s…
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Continue reading →: Stranded in paradise
Day 23 on the island The burned skin has long peeled off and the once bulbous and red-raw wound of G’s spider bite has faded into barely a freckle. “We’re going to a new holiday home today!” I say, trying to energise the words as I did so effortlessly three…
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Continue reading →: The journey to innocence
Babies are fascinating. They’re such creatures of pure, unfiltered instinct. There is nothing remotely deceptive about them. They aren’t even particularly innocent, not in the same sense that an older child is. My four-year-old believes in fairies and unicorns and magic. My four-month-old will give the same baleful stare to…
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Continue reading →: Mum of MUCUS (with the mildly helpful gadgets)Life as a parent is all about tackling novel challenges, and last week I got to experience being a mum of Multiple Unhappy Children Unleashing Snot (or MUCUS, if you will) for the very first time. It all began when summer finally ended (yes!), L went back to preschool (YES!)…
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Continue reading →: No one gives a damn about a 2nd pregnancy… (and that’s a good thing)
It’s been a while since my last update. I’ve drafted several possible blog posts with varying subject matter from house renovations to abject humiliation at the hands of my toddler (it’s been done, I sigh wearily) to the week I sent my phone away for repairs and had a wholly…
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Continue reading →: Shout out to my eggs…Autumn 2016 The bigger house has been bought. The wedding has happened. The DVLA has been updated. We’ve been ready for, well, years. Let’s get on with it… A few weeks later the boobs feel a bit off, gin tastes a bit wrong, and sure enough, the second line on…
Overthinking motherhood, writing & everything in between since 2010
Hello,
I’m Jenny
I started this blog in 2010 as part of my journalism studies and have been loudly overthinking here ever since. What began as a student project has grown to encompass (somewhat unexpected) motherhood, publishing novels and building a freelance editorial career. This is a space where I navigate life’s ups, downs and messy in-betweens and attempt not to take any of it too seriously.
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