London mum and wannabe illustrator. On a mission to find a decent way into motherhood without losing herself. 
No smoking. Now, really, absolutely no smoking! Ok, here’s the ashtray.
As spotted on a Lufthansa Boeing 737.
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Mixed messages
What’s in your bag?
Friday, Feb 19th, 2010 by Met Mum | 27 Comments
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby food, big M, little L, St Lucia, vacation
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby food, big M, little L, St Lucia, vacation
Have you ever wondered how often the girls working at the airports’ security scanners really need to check the contents of your bag? And how often they are just curious to know what’s inside? If I were one of them, I’d know how to shamelessly exploit my position of power.
Emily O over at Babyrambles challenged [...]
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
Favourite Photo Meme
Wednesday, Jan 6th, 2010 by Met Mum | 15 Comments
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby, big M, little L, vacation
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby, big M, little L, vacation
If you were to choose one perfect picture, which one would you choose? Forty Not Out invited me to join the Favourite Photo Meme. I have lots of favourite pictures. Pictures of friends, of myself, of food and of places. But my most favourite would need to include my two favourite people, Big M and [...]
2009 – the highlights
Tuesday, Jan 5th, 2010 by Met Mum | 17 Comments
Filed under: Blogging, Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, little L, motherhood, mum
Filed under: Blogging, Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, little L, motherhood, mum
The ever so fabulous Mothership asked me for my highlights of 2009. I was pondering a few days about what 2009 had in store for me, and I came up with just one highlight.
I BECAME A MUM!
Becoming a mother has been such a life-changing event; ‘highlight’ does not quite cover the ups (or the lows) [...]
Christmas in an hour, wrong assumptions and positive examples
Friday, Dec 11th, 2009 by Met Mum | 8 Comments
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: little L, London, shopping
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: little L, London, shopping
Only a few months ago, I felt completely housebound. It seemed I would never again make a trip into town, as little L would start crying in her highest pitched voice, as soon as a stranger would come too close. Which happened about every 5 minutes. Add to that the fact that I never mastered [...]
Please don’t f*** up my Karma
Wednesday, Nov 25th, 2009 by Met Mum | 34 Comments
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: Blogging, rolemodels
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: Blogging, rolemodels
A while ago, A Modern Mother wrote a post aimed at PR companies about how to approach bloggers when trying to engage them for reviews and the likes. Apparently, the appeal was fruitful; at least I haven’t heard of any more crass incidences.
And the winner of the Wiki Digital Camera is…
Jen at Strictly Guiding. Congratulations! I hope for a lot of little clips from your guiding adventures. I will get int touch with you after December 1st – am having my own little adventure somewhere around continental Europe at the moment.
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And the winner of the Wiki Digital Camera is…
Wiki Digital Camera – review & give away
£59.99 for a digital video camera? Looking as sleek as an iPod? Sounds almost too good to be true. So when I was asked to review this little white wonder of modern technology, I couldn’t say no. If only I had!
Why the end of size zero is just a big fat lie
Wednesday, Nov 11th, 2009 by Met Mum | 19 Comments
Filed under: Blogging, Malnourished Monday, Mummy stuff | Tags: Fashion, fitness, motherhood, rolemodels, size zero, weight
Filed under: Blogging, Malnourished Monday, Mummy stuff | Tags: Fashion, fitness, motherhood, rolemodels, size zero, weight
Over the summer, a wave of articles that celebrated the end of size zero and therefore the reintroduction of womanly curves appeared in about every British women’s magazine. But despite various attempts to put an end to glorifying the image of malnourished women, recent fashion week reports and magazines alike are still plastered with pictures of clearly underweight models.