I began my Diary of a Housewife cartoon series in 2015 when I was pregnant with our first child. We now have two daughters and these are all the blog posts and cartoons I’ve done about parenting and being pregnant in reverse chronological order.
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Fielding advice on pregnancy and parenting
There is so much advice and information out there on pregnancy, labour and parenting that it is overwhelming, and everybody has a different opinion. Cue brain meltdown if you try to listen to it all, so I’m going for a state of blissful impartiality and procrastination over decision making on every subject instead. Read more
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Things you can’t eat when you are pregnant
There are such long conflicting lists of things that you shouldn’t eat when you are pregnant that its hard to remember what’s OK to put in your mouth. I found that the best source of information on the subject was Emily Osters book ‘Expecting Better’, which details the research studies and explain why things are considered… Read more
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Belly polishing
I got given some Neal’s Yard Remedies Mothers Balm for Christmas -it’s a 100% blend of oils and beeswax to nourish and prevent stretch marks, and I’m not sure if it’s having any effect on the stretch marks or not but the shine it produces on my bump is amazing! You can practically see your… Read more
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Learning how to use baby merchandise..
Yes, yes I know. As a pregnant couple we are now the targets of multi-million dollar advertising campaigns for all the baby merch that we supposedly need, and yes we have succumbed to some of it without really knowing what we are doing. And so our evenings, which should be spent going out as much… Read more
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Getting out of bed when pregnant
It is a palarva getting out of bed each morning. It started in about month five of pregnancy and has just gotten worse since then! Also I think I may struggle a bit more than some because my arms are not very strong and so I sort of have to balance and push off with… Read more
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