10 tips for surviving with a newborn and a toddler

The first few weeks with newborn are challenging. The sleepless nights, exhaustion, abdominal pain, engorged breasts, vaginal bleeding, sore nipples, emotional upheaval, the list goes on … Throw into the mix an energetic, possibly needy and confused toddler (or two!) and you are on your way to what I like to call “extreme parenting”. Whatever […]

‘I suspect this second baby is getting a raw deal’

This is my second pregnancy and I am twenty … two weeks pregnant? No wait, twenty-three. Yup, definitely twenty-three weeks pregnant … I think. Hard to know really. And does it matter? Due dates mean nothing anyway. Am I right, ladies? For a few reasons, I suspect this second baby is getting a raw deal. […]