A recent survey of new parents found that a third believed they were failing as a parent. That's a pretty awful statistic, but as a parent I found I was (sadly) only surprised by the fact it wasn't higher. Part of the reason I started this website was because I found I couldn't let the picture-perfect-parenting-rhetoric I saw online continue to make me, and others, feel like shit. I'm by no...
We know that miscarriage happens in 1 in 5 pregnancies, but it's estimated that the figure could be as high as 1 in 4; because not everyone knows they're going through it. Emily is one of the women that has been through the devastating experience of losing her baby before birth and here she shares her story of medical management, mental health frustration and perhaps most importantly, hope. She...
All over the country, Surestart Children's Centres lie closed, empty or replaced with private services. In Norfolk, it wasn't until October 2019 that Children's Centres closed their doors for the last time. A year prior, the local Council held a public consultation on closing 80% of the centres. Proposals were to replace them with centralised, lesser, mainly virtual services. Around 5,000 people...
I moan alot about people not declaring (or not declaring properly) their social media ads. Why? Let me explain. When I found out I was pregnant, I picked up some books on parenting from authors I thought may represent similar views, fears and expectations to me. I watched stand-up shows and Netflix series and sitcoms on mothers, listened to podcasts presented by parents, and read interviews...
What first comes to mind when you think of OCD? That mental image of a grey and white perfectly 'hinched' home doesn't really work when the person with OCD is a parent; not least with three kids in the house. Ruby talks through her experience of parenting and working with lifelong OCD. This is a guest post, written by an author who has chosen to feature on EatWeepMumRepeat, and not Lex (the...