Rebellious children? At least you’re doing something right. The Guardian.
Two stories caught my attention recently. One was a report that breastfed babies are more challenging in their behaviour and the other was about a new…
It’s time to reclaim the M-word. Published in The Guardian
Naomi Stadlen likes mothers. She has written two books with the word in the title: What Mothers Do, Especially When it Looks Like Nothing and her…
Expectant mothers need facts, not fear. Hospital vs home birth. The Independent.
Here we go again. A debate about home vs hospital birth. There is only one thing – I’ve found – that’s more emotive than where you…
This sat nav of the labour ward is driving us the wrong way. The Guardian.
When I gave birth to my first child in 2003, I was as prepared as I could be: positions, breathing, birth plan. What I hadn’t accounted…
We’re supporting our student son, but he just lazes about. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa Our 21-year-old son is a student who is about to start third year. We are supporting him financially with his accommodation, he also has…
Why I still breastfeed my four year old. The Independent.
In December 2004, I wrote in these pages about how I found myself “still breastfeeding” a 14-month-old, when previously I had viewed “extended breastfeeders” as a…
Yes, we do need to know. Published in The Guardian.
When I was pregnant, caesareans didn’t figure in my thinking. I neither considered nor planned for one: they were for celebrities or women on the verge…
Diary. The New Statesman.
I like to start the week talking about breasts – and thus it was that I did. There we were Monday morning, ten women sitting around…
“Are you STILL breastfeeding?” The Independent.
“Do you remember,” asked my friend Alex as we both indulged in Margheritas two weeks ago, “how you used to say women who did it for…
Child’s play for adults. Published in The Guardian.
It’s debatable when I actually became an adult. According to various criteria it probably wasn’t until I left home at the rather late age of 22…
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