Diary of a Housewife

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.

  • The walk home

    The walk home

    This sequence of events is a regular occurrence on our walks home together from the playground. *Our two year old goes to a local French speaking creche, and so she speaks a mix of French and English. She very often says the verb in French – so ‘Mummy I fell over’ is ‘Mami I tombeed!’ Read more

  • Sibling rivalry

    Sibling rivalry

    Not sure how much I can use this to my advantage… Read more

  • The fifth wave

    The fifth wave

    I’m so torn between keeping my daughter in school because she’s six, she needs school! She needs friends! She needs to get out of the house! I need her out of the house! Set against the inevitability of her getting covid in the next few weeks given the higher transmissibility of the Omicron variant and Read more

  • First child vs Pandemic baby

    First child vs Pandemic baby

    We have created a monster. Read more

  • Potty Training

    Potty Training

    We are at somewhat of an impasse with the potty training right now.. Read more

  • Top 3 tantrums of the year

    Top 3 tantrums of the year

    Our two year olds top three tantrums of 2021. She’s still only 2 and a half so another 6 months of the terrible twos to go! Read more

British cartoonist/artist living in Brussels with self diagnosed eco-anxiety.

I’m a former sustainability consultant with an engineering background, now rat race escapee who likes to draw cartoons about environmental issues and family life. I also dabble in painting cityscapes.

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If you’re interested in collaborating with me on an environmental cartoon: lescapeartiste@gmail.com