Travelling Alone With A Young Baby
When I was growing up I spent a few years living in Trinidad. I have been in Scotland for about 20 years now, but even after all that time I have kept in touch with a few
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Family
5 Tips For Coping With Loneliness
Last week I wrote about my experiences of loneliness in motherhood. I have been blown away by the responses I had about it, and I don’t think there is a single
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Loneliness As A Mum
There is one thing that so many Mum’s experience, but rarely talk about. And that is loneliness. It is so common but many women won’t admit it. I recently
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Pregnancy – The Halfway Point
I am 21 weeks and 3 days pregnant. Firmly into the second trimester – and still throwing up. I have passed the halfway point in this pregnancy and I’m not
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Coping With A Cold While Pregnant
While pregnancy is a lovely experience, you are growing a teeny tiny human that will eventually be yours to keep, it also comes with a rule book that I swear is longer
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Gender Reveal
Those of you who read my post on gender disappointment are probably wondering what the final outcome of the scan was! We have been sitting on that information for a
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Gender Predictions
I’m pretty sure that just about every pregnant woman has looked at gender predictions at some point in their pregnancy. It’s a bit of a right of passage
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Scared of Gender Disappointment
Ever since we found out were were expecting another baby I have been on the fence about finding out it’s gender before the birth. Here in Aberdeen it is not
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! There’s no getting around it – I’ve been a bit AWOL around here. Since becoming pregnant I have really struggled to maintain our
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What Are The Benefits Of A Larger Age Gap Between Siblings?
Having just announced that we are expecting baby number 2, it will be fairly obviously that JHogg and I are fans of a relatively small age gap. We didn’t want our
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OddHogg Is Growing!
Regular readers will likely have noticed that things have been a bit quiet around here. I have deviated from my usual posting schedule, adopting a more erratic approach
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Can You Really Know Someone You Have Only Met Online?
One of the most important lessons I have learnt since becoming a mum is the need for mum friends. You need someone to talk about the sleepless nights to, the days where
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