LIFE // HOW WE ADJUSTED TO LIFE WITH 2 KIDS
So writing this post 18 months into life with two kids seems a bit silly but recently we’ve been getting a lot of DM’s from you about when it all clicks. We don’t sugarcoat around here because that is helpful to no one and honestly, looking back at the time when Alfie...read more
LIFE // STYLISH STORAGE SOLUTIONS
If you don’t know that we’re big-time Homesense fans (Gemma in particular could be called a little obsessed) then where have you been?! We’ve both been shopping there for years, and Gemma remembers the first thing she bought there 9 years ago –...read more
HOW TO ORGANISE YOUR BATHROOM CUPBOARDS
We live a the Marie Kondo generation where clutter is out, and organization is in. I’ve always been really organised, and everything must have a home but my work wife/partner in crime Sam has other ideas and she falls more into the ‘gentle hoarder’ category....read more
THE BOYS BEDROOMS
This post is waaaay over due. But whenever we story from the boys bedrooms we get asked where certain things are – and then it’s a complete mess because we’ve been playing in there so I can’t take any good pics. So while they’re at...read more
Gemma’s birth story
Not to sound like a total misery but I hated pregnancy both times. I suffered from a variety of symptoms when I was pregnant with my daughter Belle, like sickness, dizziness, fainting, a cracked rib and nose bleeds. This time around, when I was pregnant with my son, I...read more
SAM’S BIRTH STORY
People told me that second births are fast but I never expected that my second baby, Alfie, would be born in one hour and forty minutes. They also told me that second babies are early but he proved them wrong and arrived seven days late. It wasn’t smooth sailing...read more
LIFE // SETTING INTENTIONS FOR 2019
Hello and Happy New Year – oh, and welcome to the fancy new This Is Mothership website!! Hurrah! Our (other) baby has had a makeover of its own. As well as looking fancy, it’s far easier to navigate now. When we first launched, our two main pillars were...read more
THE ESSENTIAL PACKING LIST FOR TRAVELLING WITH A BABY OR TODDLER
It’s safe to say we go away A LOT with our families. We both have done so since our eldest were babies. Belle came on her first holiday at 10 weeks old and I think it’s made it so much easier for us that we did it with her from so young, rather than...read more
13 USEFUL GIFTS THAT A NEW MUM WILL BE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
First things first, we have had this blog in our drafts ever since December 20th 2017. It is now August 2018. That is how long we have been meaning to finish this post. But ya know. Life. Babies. Yadda yadda. Anyway, we’ve been meaning to get this up for...read more
NAVIGATING LONDON WITH A PRAM
We promised that we would do this post for you. We get asked so often how we get around London with Ace and Alfie so here are our top tips. Practise makes perfect. The first time will feel like such a mission, but the more often you do it the easier it gets.We only go...read more
PRAM ON TRIAL: THE CYBEX PRIAM
With four babies between us, we feel perfectly qualified to give good pram advice. Our top tip is (surprisingly) substance over style when it comes to prams. Yes, you could go for the one that is the most popular, the one that looks super chic or the one that...read more
9 ITEMS THAT YOU REALLY NEED WHEN YOU HAVE A BABY
We all know the basics when it comes to having a baby – babygrows, bottles, bibs blah blah but there are some larger pieces of equipment that we couldn’t have made it through the last five months without. Most of these we used for both babies 1 and 2, but...read more
A REAL SPRING CLEANSE
We both majorly nested before our first babies arrived: everything had to be organised and in it’s place before we gave birth. Second time around, not so much! Ace & Alfie only recently had their bedrooms completed, and we’ve had ‘stuff’...read more
THE BOOB AND THE BOTTLE
We often get asked about how we feed our babies and if we have any advice to pass on and the truth is, we aren’t experts, we are totally winging it and luckily managed to work out fairly quickly what was best for us and our babes. Here are our stories: Sam I...read moreSearch the blog
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