London mum, aspiring writer and amateur illustrator. Hopes to navigate through motherhood without losing herself. 
Already as a child I was sure about wanting to become a mother one day. I always had a very distinct wish to become pregnant, give birth, care and love for the fruit of my loins. Even if that would have meant sleeping with my gay best friend or buying some Papa Frost sperm. Aged [...]
Posts Tagged ‘motherhood’
The end of broodiness
Thursday, Jul 8th, 2010 by Met Mum | 42 Comments
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: family, little L, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: family, little L, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy
Occupation: Mum?!?
The unthinkable happened. I have been asked to write something. And I have been paid for it. My first piece of paid writing in almost ten years. And my first ever piece of paid writing in English. Of course I am proud. Proud enough to have spent the cheque three times, to be exact. An [...]
Papa Frost
Sunday, May 9th, 2010 by Met Mum | 13 Comments
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby, motherhood, movies, mum
Filed under: Blogging | Tags: baby, motherhood, movies, mum
Let’s say you are in your mid to late 30s and Mr. Right is way out of sight. Let’s also say you had a very strong desire for a baby, but the idea of a partner to share this with seems far-fetched. Your biological clock is ticking mercilessly. What would be the Plan B? Is [...]
Occupation: Mum
Friday, Apr 23rd, 2010 by Met Mum | 23 Comments
Filed under: Blogging, Mummy stuff | Tags: motherhood, mum, rolemodels, work
Filed under: Blogging, Mummy stuff | Tags: motherhood, mum, rolemodels, work
Surname, first name, address. Post code, telephone, occupation. Occupation? The worst bit of my recent and otherwise lovely course at St Martins was filling in an A4 form. Or this one little box, to be precise. Occupation. Occupation. Occupation. No matter from which angle I looked at the black little line behind the trigger, the [...]
Happy Mothering Sunday!
Sunday, Mar 14th, 2010 by Met Mum | 23 Comments
Filed under: Mummy stuff, Pregnancy | Tags: big M, little L, motherhood, mum, pregnancy
Filed under: Mummy stuff, Pregnancy | Tags: big M, little L, motherhood, mum, pregnancy
Sunday lie-in, breakfast with prosecco, a lovely card and a white azalea. Don’t you love Mothering Sunday? I remember how disappointed I was last year that I just about didn’t make it. Little L was scheduled to pop out any second around this date. If someone had told me that I had to continue waiting [...]
Zou gotta work for zour monnez – or: what I have been up to
Friday, Mar 12th, 2010 by Met Mum | 22 Comments
Filed under: Fashion, Food | Tags: motherhood, shopping
Filed under: Fashion, Food | Tags: motherhood, shopping
Mz husband asked me to do him a favour and spell-check ‘a few’ German texts. Sure. I switched my keyboard from English to German and happilz tapped along. Look at all the Äs and Ös and Üs! Exciting stuff! Now that little L has settled happily into her two-day routine at the nursery, I am [...]
Small steps
Thursday, Mar 4th, 2010 by Met Mum | 35 Comments
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, growing up, motherhood, mum
Filed under: Mummy stuff | Tags: baby, growing up, motherhood, mum
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. [...]
Under the weather
Wednesday, Mar 3rd, 2010 by Met Mum | 30 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 [...]
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 [...]