Why “me time” is a different thing when you have kids
Back when the concept of ‘me time’ originated – who knows when or how, but I’m sure there was an advert for camomile tea…
Why it’s ok to overreact if your baby has a cold
About nine months after Kitty was born I realised why little Victorian children in little dusty brown books talk about their ‘nurse’ or ‘nursemaid’….
Why it’s fathers not mothers who go on Christmas benders
Children – above all, babies – make women angry. Really angry. Angry like you’ve never seen a woman before. Glenn Close angry. The alien…
Are children your excuse for looking bad and doing no exercise?
A thing that I immediately shoved right to the bottom of the to-do list when I had children was how I looked. I have…
Esther Walker: Why I’m stopping at 2 kids
I don’t think I’m a bad mother – but I do wish I was a better parent. I wish I didn’t get so bored, or…
What mum actually manages to relax on holiday with small kids?
There is no such thing as a holiday when you have very small children. Until your youngest child is, I’d say, 3.5, a holiday…
Why it’s a mother’s duty to pamper herself
There is also an element of breath-holding with children – especially the first. If you just shut your eyes and hold on tight and…
Esther Walker: How I learnt to dress my post baby figure
As a result of not being in especially good shape before having children (I was thin but untoned, like a bag of bones), after…
Esther Walker: Why I say no to telly in the evening
Once Sam was born I told my husband that I no longer wanted to watch TV in the evenings. My days are so marked…
Why ‘me time’ is just a marketing ploy aimed at mums
Back when the concept of ‘me time’ originated – who knows when or how, but I’m sure there was an advert for camomile tea…