Leanne, Author at The Motherload

My Child Is Starting School In A Pandemic

In many ways it seems like only yesterday I had a newborn on my chest, wondering what the hell I was doing. In fact, it’s actually been four years and - although I still wonder what the hell I'm doing…

By Leanne

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Coronavirus: How to Stay Close to the Grandparents

When I was growing up, mum would take me and my two brothers over to my grandparents every Saturday while dad was at work. We’d live it up with every whim catered for – knickerbocker glory? “No problem, let’s make…

By Leanne

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Potty Training: The Shittiest Part of Parenting

Okay, I admit, potty training is probably not literally the shittiest part of being a parent because those newborn projectile poos are something else but it was, metaphorically speaking, the shittiest part of my parenting journey. I’m fairly laid-back when…

By Leanne

MOLOzine

Guilty of Not Feeling Guilty

There’s not a day that goes by in motherland in which a mum somewhere doesn’t talk of feeling ‘mum guilt’. Whether it’s guilt over going to work, not going to work, breastfeeding, bottle feeding, not going trick or treating or…

By Leanne

MOLOzine

What Not To Say When There’s a Crying Baby On Your Flight

We’ve just returned from our first holiday as a family of four. Two weeks of sun, sea, early starts and tantrums in 30c+ Greek heat. When it came to the journey home we were hoping for a smooth ride so we…

By Leanne

MOLOzine

Surviving Two Under Two

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Forget two cities, this quote is an accurate description of what it’s like having two children under the age of two... Before giving birth to number two I…

By Leanne

MOLOzine

Maternity Leave: Expectation Versus Reality

Before becoming a mum I thought motherhood was a great big jolly.

By Leanne

MOLOzine

We Need to Talk About: Your First Week as a Mum

I’d read about lochia and imagined this to be like a period. Yes, if Tarantino was directing your period maybe.

By Leanne

My Child Is Starting School In A Pandemic

Coronavirus: How to Stay Close to the Grandparents

Potty Training: The Shittiest Part of Parenting

Guilty of Not Feeling Guilty

What Not To Say When There’s a Crying Baby On Your Flight

Surviving Two Under Two

Maternity Leave: Expectation Versus Reality

We Need to Talk About: Your First Week as a Mum

Why Are Our Bits SUCH A Taboo?

Sea-lioning & Parenting Groups: What is it?

Starting School: The Hug Button

We Need To Talk About The Menopause

F**k; My Flexible Working Request Has Been Rejected. What Do I Do Now?

A Million Pieces: Maternal Mental Health

Network Marketing: A Cult For Mums?

You Know You’re a Mum of Twins When…

The Truth About: Poonamis

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