I am so glad that I subscribed to the comments at PhD in Parenting’s article  - Dr. Phil Stay-at-home mom vs. working mom show because if I hadn’t I would have missed out an an a really interesting debate. And that’s one of the things I love about Annie’s blog is it almost always sparks intense debate, and there’s nothing I love more than a good debate.
Caroline’s comment sparked a big reaction, but I didn’t comment (yet!) I had so many ideas about it that I thought I could only do …

I read Best Blog Posts of 2009 at Scary Mommy and thought it was a pretty cool idea – if I have only got 6 months to choose from. I started this blog in July, thinking that it would be fun to do every now and then, but it quickly became more addictive than I’d imagined it could be.
July: Things I Learnt In My First Year (Part 1)
Breastfeeding: not as natural as you’d think
August: Things I Learnt In My First Year (Part II)
Sleep: apparently it’s optional
September: Crying It Out to …

Childcare is one of those things that everyone has an opinion about. It might be that it’s too expensive, or the waiting lists are too long, or it might be something more controversial like it’s ‘good for them’. When I was pregnant I didn’t really think about childcare that much except that I vaguely thought what was the point of having children if they were going to be put in childcare for most of the time. Actually, I should come up with a new category for this “I didn’t think …

As somebody who goes into work once a week, works from home on the other days and run around after a 16 month old, I am always looking for ways that I can fit everything in. I think it would be definitely possible to fit everything in if I had about three or four more hours in the day, or maybe a housekeeper or a cook or a really good assistant.
On a good day I’ll spend between 3 – 4 hours in the day on work, and hour on exercising, …