London mum, aspiring writer and amateur illustrator. Hopes to navigate through motherhood without losing herself. 
One of my favourite Swedish words: Gottegris. Translated word by word it means candy pig. But it can be interpreted as ‘someone who has a very sweet tooth’. Gottegris
Archive for January, 2010
There’s a place called Kokomo
Thursday, Jan 28th, 2010 by Met Mum | 20 Comments
Filed under: Illustrations, Travelling | Tags: illustration friday, little L, vacation
Filed under: Illustrations, Travelling | Tags: illustration friday, little L, vacation
Argh. Argh. Aaargggghhhhh. Can you hear that? With every move I make my rusty bones make a cracking noise, stiffened by snow and the cold, wintery humidity. Even worse: my energy and lust for life seems to have been buried underneath the snow. And now the snow is gone, it’s nowhere to be found. There’s [...]
Malnourished Monday #10
Monday, Jan 25th, 2010 by Met Mum | 17 Comments
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero, weight
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero, weight
I have been on a little break. In a land far, far away from my beloved MacBook, where snow covered mountains seam glistering lakes, where chocolates and cheese fondues warm hearts and souls after a day out in the cold, and where every breath of fresh air you take clears your head a little more. [...]
Malnourished Monday #9
Monday, Jan 18th, 2010 by Met Mum | 20 Comments
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero, Vogue, weight
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero, Vogue, weight
Well, it was too good to be true: last year, Alexandra Shulman, the editor of Vogue, launched her war against size zero with a letter to some of the world’s leading designers, accusing them of pushing for increasingly thinner models. Malnourished Monday #9
Dancing on ice
Saturday, Jan 16th, 2010 by Met Mum | 21 Comments
Filed under: Family Day Out, London | Tags: big M, London
Filed under: Family Day Out, London | Tags: big M, London
Ahem. Ok, I haven’t necessarily been dancing, but I didn’t break my legs either. Our lovely babysitter Karin came to watch little L for the afternoon and Big M took me out to Somerset Ice Rink on Strand. It’s got to be every girls dream: the man you love, music, skates, and a gigantic Tiffany [...]
A bit of mummy wisdom – part I
Friday, Jan 15th, 2010 by Met Mum | 25 Comments
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, big M, breastfeeding, diet, hormones, little L, motherhood, mum, parenting, weight
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, big M, breastfeeding, diet, hormones, little L, motherhood, mum, parenting, weight
I recently came across the blog of Alice, a 24 year old London mum-to-be. Reading through her entire blog, I was taken back to my own pregnancy. Her worries about the baby not being there any more (stop testing, Alice!), her battle with tiredness and the effect a great dose of hormones can have on [...]
So how do you choose the right school for your child?
Tuesday, Jan 12th, 2010 by Met Mum | 40 Comments
Filed under: London, Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, education, little L, London, school
Filed under: London, Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, education, little L, London, school
I am exhausted. We started looking at schools in our area. Apparently you have to think of a) which church to attend, in case you want to send your kid to a church-run school, b) which nursery to send your child to, if you are keen on getting her into the primary school at the [...]
Malnourished Monday #8
Monday, Jan 11th, 2010 by Met Mum | 16 Comments
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: Grazia, size zero
Filed under: Malnourished Monday | Tags: Grazia, size zero
Well done, Grazia, for a whole issue dedicated to ‘Size You – the only dress size that should matter. I liked Sadie Frost’s airbrush-free cover and particularly enjoyed reading about mothers and which body image related hang-ups they dread of passing on to their daughters. If only someone had checked the imagery that has been [...]
Scenes from a Metropolitan marriage
Pillow talk: Met Mum, immersed in a magazine. Big M, immersed in pillows, insistently staring. Rumbling. Harrumphing. “So. Do you know that the day we’ve met is near?” Scenes from a Metropolitan marriage