Managing Twins Squabbling
How one twin mummy handles squabbling twins
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Navigating Mummyhood
Twins Development Comparison
There are so many things written about twins development especially around speech delay that its easy to become unnecessarily concerned. What I find the hardest when raising my twins is not comparing their development. I try to remind myself that they are different people and no similar than any other siblings and that I shouldn’t keep
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10 things not to say to a twin mummy
When you are a twin mummy there are certain things that well meaning strangers say to you at least a hundred times a day. Sometimes, especially when they are little its like being a z list celebrity. People stare a lot and often point. This happens most when they see me with all four littles.Â
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Childbirth is not a competition!
Why do we only celebrate natural birth stories? Childbirth is hard no matter what the story and is not a competition!
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Toddler Independence is a pain
Toddler independence is a pain at the best of times. Their desire to ‘do it myself’ always means taking sooooo much time. However, when you are trying to get four kids ready and out of the house by 8:40am it is just a catastrophe (as they say on Furchester Hotel – cbeebies is always in my
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Is it because I am 40ish?
A tale of 40 something trying to play Xbox
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New Year New Me?
New Year New Me? Not here! I think it’s more same shit different day… 2017 was a big year of change for me. This was largely born out of necessity as I was literally losing my mind in 2016 and something had to change. So last year I had to take time for myself and
The morning after the night before
I am sitting in my local café writing a graduate’s CV and overhearing a group of 20 somethings recount the night before. During the morning after the night before they are attempting to eat a big breakfast whilst intermittently complaining that they can’t eat, feel sick and can’t face the day. They all have a
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Over organised
So it turns out you can be over organised… Yesterday I finished buying the kids Christmas presents and was, I’m not going to lie, feeling it just a little bit smug. I mean I have a spreadsheet for crying out loud how could I not be smug!? Anyway whilst sitting and contemplating my super organised
Mummy Identity
Once you become a mummy your identity seems to disappear in a puff of smoke and you can feel a bit trapped or lost within this new mummy identity. All of a sudden you stop being you and start being so and so’s mummy. Recently my daughter asked me why people called me ‘Kirsty’ and said