If you’ve been following me for a while you’ll know that I’ve found the last couple of months quite tough. I genuinely thought that this autumn would be a breeze compared to the first half of the year when Maia was still a small baby, we were renovating our house and even got married! But life 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
Last month as a baby – Maia 11-months old!
I will only have a baby for three more weeks, I can’t believe it!! Ten days ago our little Maia Olivia turned 11-months and although physically she is only 80 grams bigger than last month – now weighing 6.98kg – she’s taken huge leaps in her development into a toddler girl. I am so proud 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
How to beat the anxiety about returning to work from maternity leave?
I knew this would happen. I knew I would get really stressed and anxious about returning to work from maternity leave. Ever since Maia was born I’ve dreaded the day I would have to leave her to go back to work. For almost eleven months now we’ve been together every single day and night, apart Read More
Post partum fitness journey – update 10 months after baby
After the summer the focus of my blog and life (!) has been on my baby Maia and not on my fitness goals. In the last two months Maia has gone through big leaps in her development – becoming mobile, getting her first six teeth, eating proper meals of solid food, falling asleep independently – Read More
10-months old baby Maia!
Not really a baby anymore, my girl is 10-months old! Or ten and half to be exact. For the last 10-days we’ve been fighting off a nasty cold but Maia is finally better. Which of course means that I have life outside snot rags and Calpol again, ha ha! Jokes aside, it’s been heart breaking 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