London mum and wannabe illustrator. On a mission to find a decent way into motherhood without losing herself. 
The cold morning air is streaming through the sunroof as you drive down Highbury Grove. You switch the iPod from The Night Garden to Diana Krall and turn the volume up. There is a parking spot about a mile from your house, but you don’t mind and take a detour to pop in the newsagent. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘motherhood’
Small steps
Thursday, Mar 4th, 2010 by Met Mum | 32 Comments
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, growing up, motherhood, mum
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, growing up, motherhood, mum
Under the weather
Wednesday, Mar 3rd, 2010 by Met Mum | 27 Comments
Filed under: Home, London | Tags: big M, little L, London, motherhood
Filed under: Home, London | Tags: big M, little L, London, motherhood
I am feeling a bit under the weather. Coming home from a long and sunny holiday does that to me. Plus, I miss my husband. I like spending time together as a family. And as a couple. Oh, and it doesn’t help my mood that we are going to be kind of homeless soon.
Under the [...]
One of those days
Wednesday, Feb 10th, 2010 by Met Mum | 34 Comments
Filed under: London | Tags: baby, London, motherhood, shopping
Filed under: London | Tags: baby, London, motherhood, shopping
It’s been one of those days. Your friend cancels the longingly anticipated lunch date at the last minute, and as nobody else is available on short notice (and because you don’t really have that many friends anymore), you grab the baby and venture out on your own. After all, this was the day you were [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
In between the years. Or: becoming a grumpy old woman
Wednesday, Dec 30th, 2009 by Met Mum | 27 Comments
Filed under: London | Tags: baby, family, motherhood
Filed under: London | Tags: baby, family, motherhood
‘Between the years’ is a German expression for the days in between Christmas and the New Year. It nicely describes the feeling of where I am at the moment. We are not completely over and done with Christmas, but neither are we in the midst of it. The same counts for the New Year. Time to sit back and reflect
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.
Slummy mummy and the well-dressed baby
Friday, Oct 2nd, 2009 by Met Mum | 26 Comments
Filed under: Fashion, Mummy stuff, Shoes, Style | Tags: Fashion, little L, motherhood, Shoes, slummy mummy, Style, yummy mummies
Filed under: Fashion, Mummy stuff, Shoes, Style | Tags: Fashion, little L, motherhood, Shoes, slummy mummy, Style, yummy mummies
In a recent comment-conversation, the lovely Rose said: ‘Oh I envy little L, I imagine she has a great wardrobe of clothes!’ I had to think about this, because a) yes, she does (thanks to her generous grandma, little L is sporting Ugg Boots, pink Ralph Lauren corduroys and a white Petit Bateau hooded jacket in the picture above) and b) I envy her myself, because she’s better dressed than me. Realising this kind of hurt, but it’s the truth and it’s time to face it: I am a slummy mummy.
Hotsling baby carrier to give away. Attention: only for the seasoned user
Sunday, Aug 30th, 2009 by Met Mum | 19 Comments
Filed under: Mummy stuff, Nonsense | Tags: baby, motherhood, yummy mummies
Filed under: Mummy stuff, Nonsense | Tags: baby, motherhood, yummy mummies
Hotsling baby carrier to give away. Attention: only for the seasoned user
When I was pregnant with little L, I envisioned myself as one of those boho style mummies: long hair floating in the wind, wrapped in a poncho, baby L snugly propped into her baby pouch carrier.
Wednesday Weigh-In Vol. 11. Or: The missing ingredient
Wednesday, Aug 12th, 2009 by Met Mum | 15 Comments
Filed under: Getting fit | Tags: blog to fit, diet, fitness, motherhood, weight
Filed under: Getting fit | Tags: blog to fit, diet, fitness, motherhood, weight
To encourage further shrinkage, I have recently replaced my beloved Pain au Chocolat with muesli for breakfast. So when I absent-mindedly read the text on the muesli box, the scales fell from my eyes. (!) My diet was missing an essential ingredient. And these folks even have the nerves to boast about not having it in their product. At all.