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Esther Walker

Esther Walker

Esther Walker writes for The Times, The Daily Mail and The Evening Standard, and is author of two books, The Bad Cook and The Bad Mother. She lives in London with her husband, restaurant critic Giles Coren and two children, Kitty, 3, and Sam, 1. You can follow her blog at Reciperifle.blogspot.co.uk

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…

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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’….

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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…

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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…

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Why I'm stopping at two children

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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'After you have children, there is no ‘me time’. There is no ‘me’.

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…

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