Comparison is the thief of joy. My son was just a few days old when this quote from Theodore Roosevelt appeared in my Instagram feed. I was sitting there, in the early hours of the morning, breastfeeding Vance Jack in the hospital bed and checking my phone. I was desperately trying to stay awake so I wouldn’t ...
I went to collect my daughter from daycare yesterday and she was running down the hill towards me pushing a plastic shopping cart. She was laughing and waving with one hand at anyone who looked her way. She gets her showmanship from her parents, I’m afraid. You might think this is not unusual for a 19-month-old. ...
We were on the beach with our 15-month-old daughter recently when an older lady came up and started watching her. She was playing with her cousins in the sand. The big kids collected fists full of starfish from the rock pools and arranged them in front of her, like living Lego. They were all having a great ...
