“After a baby, don’t bounce back. Bounce forward.” (Tiffiny Hall, Ted Talk) Now that I’ve survived my first three months back in investment banking after the 13-month career break also known as the maternity leave, I wanted to share what has helped me get through this rather testing period and how I intend to go forward. Read More
Category: Mum life
Can you go back to investment banking after becoming a mother?
I’m going to resist the temptation to blurt out that it’s been “pretty sh*it” going back to my investment banking job from my maternity leave. Not because I don’t want to be honest, but because the thought process that lead to this conclusion was very complex and had to do with a lot of personal Read More
Closing down the breastaurant – weaning after 14-months of breastfeeding
My breastfeeding journey with Maia has been an emotional one. After a stressful start we both became pros and overall it’s really been amazing. So amazing in fact, that the thought of stopping makes me sad. I like to think that breastfeeding is a transition phase between the mother and child living in a symbiosis Read More
Can emotional stress and anxiety translate into physical pain?
I’ve always believed there is a strong link between mental and physical wellbeing but recently it’s really felt like the heart ache and separation anxiety from being apart from my 1-year old daughter had turned into actual, physical pain. And at times it felt quite unbearable… Last Friday I used all of my energy to peel Read More
First day back at work from maternity leave – just as bad as I thought
Let’s be honest, it was always going to be a sh*t day. Words can’t describe how it felt to walk away from Maia with whom I’ve been every single day and night from the moment she was born. I felt almost physical pain from the separation, something I could not have understood prior to becoming Read More
Maia Olivia – christening and 1st birthday party!
Last Sunday was a special day for us as we celebrated Maia’s christening and her first birthday with our closest family. Her real birthday is today, December 2nd (yay!!), but we decided to combine the two parties since our families don’t live in London and would travel from far to celebrate with us. It took Read More
Finding a nanny
Arranging childcare should be the number one priority when planning the return to work after maternity leave. Obviously. But when you don’t even want to think about leaving your baby, preparing for it is hard! Ironically, finding a good solution for childcare would help with the anxiety about going back to work. So eventually I Read More
What happened when I caved in to sleep training?
It’s 8.30pm and I’ve spent the last hour sitting on our sofa with a cup of tea and my favourite magazine, the Women’s Health. For the first time in a while I feel relaxed. I’m not frantically watching the baby monitor, tiptoeing around or arguing with my husband about who was breathing the loudest when Read More
Desperate times require desperate measures – we are sleep training after all…
So here I am, doing exactly what I said I wouldn’t do. I can still hear myself saying “that’s not my parenting style”. Or heck, I even wrote a blog post about how I was not going to resort to tougher measures to “sleep train” my baby (click here to read and laugh at/with me). Read More
Healthy pancake recipes for babies and parents to cheer up a rainy (or any) day!
Rainy Saturdays are perfect for staying at home with the family, wearing pyjamas all day and having pancakes for breakfast. I wanted to share these two super easy recipes which made everyone happy in my family. 😊 Healthy pancakes for babies: 1 mashed banana 2 eggs 6 tbsp flour 6 tbsp milk 1 tsp cinnamon Read More