What is a Rookie Mama? Well, I’m a Rookie Mama. Before we had my eldest son 7 years ago I had never changed a diaper (nappy), I’d put on a baby grow once. It took an hour, and it ended up being back to front and inside out. And for me (& my American hubby) we’ve pretty much been making it up as we go along ever since.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mommas back across in Brit-land!…I’ve put together a list of some of the signs I think earned me my ‘Momma Stripes’. I’ve also included some of my favorite (& funniest) war stories from my Mum/Mom gal pals:
This morning I was a ‘Hot mess Rookie Mum’. I’ve been flying solo this last week, as my American boy is up in San Francisco at a Virtual Reality conference… It wasn’t great timing as we’d just signed our eldest up for Little League, and this weekend was his first proper game.
I’ve always been a inquisitive kid, you know the type – that one that ask’s a million “but, why?” questions. My eldest is EXACTLY the same. “He’s just like you, you know?”, my husband likes to point out. Often when I’m doing battle with a tidal wave of questions before Mummies morning coffee has had a chance to kick in.
Continue reading Raising inquisitive kids that don’t alway do what they’re told
Now, I’m gonna try and write this without sounding like an egotistical narcissist!! It’s a very genuine thank you to everyone who has cheered me along thus far. I honestly wouldn’t be able to keep going had I not had the support and encouragement from you all!
Euphoric, I’m a little hesitant to confess that, but yes, I was a bit euphoric the first day my eldest went to nursery. We were 8 months in to becoming first time parents, and we were still very much in the weeds of sleepless nights.
I’ve been keeping a bit quiet about this until I knew it was really happening. Well, I say keeping quiet, I’m rubbish at keeping my own secrets. I’ve been unsubtly adding British, American and airplane emoticons to my IG messages & tweets recently. Particularly to anyone I connect with on the ‘other side of the pond’.
Continue reading Project USA – this is not a drill, I repeat this is not a drill
A few weeks back I headed out to meet up with some local small business owners to share our stories, hints and tips. It’s one of the things I really enjoy about running a business, getting out and meeting other like minded people, hearing their stories, telling them yours, and finding ways to help each other out. Meeting in a pub, park, play gym or … Continue reading Just don’t say the ‘M’ word
Well, I’ll be honest, I wasn’t quite sure I’d survive it, but I did. I made it out the other side of an epic run of Christmas fairs & order fulfilment! In hindsight I was maybe a little ambitious with how many Christmas Fairs I signed up to, but as with everything it’s a big learning curve right now. In the run up to the … Continue reading Burning the midnight oil & calling in the cavalry
Not long after I launched The Letterman Co a few months back, my ol’ pal Andy, or ‘Corpy’ as he is known to his mates got in touch to ask if I’d like to write a guest blog for him on Good Stuff 4 Kids. It was early days for me then and I was still figuring out what the brand was going to be … Continue reading Guest blogging & half moon tambourines
The Rookie Mama 