Fact! 99.99% of parents spend at least 99.99% of their time worrying about the same thing. Their child's happiness. Well at least I think those percentages are correct. Ok, ok so I made them up but they feel about right. Right?

In truth it's probably even closer to 100% but if you're a new Mum (and if so, a huge welcome to the fold) you may as well know that in the not too distant ....

I'm just going to say it. Sometimes I wish I wasn't a parent. No, I'm not trying to get rid of my kids. And I don't mean I wish I'd never become a parent, or that I don't want to be one ever again. I just mean that there are some days - ok weeks - where the idea of not being a parent is really appealing to me. No answering a million questions a day, no organising smaller humans' social l....

I have a teenager. In fact, I've had him for a year now and, I have to say, so far so good. But with another teenager just around the corner and a third only two years after that, I'm having to come to terms with the fact that my parenting days have taken a significant turn for the better. Or possibly the worse. Let's just say it's a turn into something and leave it at that for now.

You know how all girl babies are born with squillions of eggs and how that number starts to decrease the second they're born? Turns out that something similar happens when women become mothers except it's not eggs, it's scorecards and the numbers go down a WHOLE lot faster. Yes, Motherhood is a competition my friends; a full-blown contest between those who are the bestest mums and, well ....

I used to be a big fan of the whole living in the moment thing. Back when my kids were small-sized versions of themselves, I used to bang on about it all the time. Look at how my child just naturally lives in the moment! I'd cry to anyone who would listen. The way she laughs one moment, then is completely serious the next. The way he stays in the present instead of attaching to....