My Dad was a strict and controlling Dad to us. He shouted and he was aggressive. And we (my sister and I) got smacks when we were naughty (amongst other things). Let me just say, I was naughty all the time, so I have vivid memories of punishments. Not surprisingly, I was always against smacking children (not least because of…
Category: Issues
The day I suddenly became a Mother of 4
When I was 6 months pregnant with Miss A, my nanny announced that she was pregnant too. It was her first pregnancy and she was excited and scared at the same time. You might thing this post has something to do with her baby, but it doesn’t 😉 My nanny decided that she wasn’t coming back after her maternity leave,…
I love being pregnant. NOT!
I honestly was over the moon when I found out that I was pregnant. I had wanted a baby for many years. Choosing a life partner that is younger than you means that he’s not in a hurry… not in a hurry to get married and not in a hurry to have kids. And so I waited… and waited. When…