Whether it’s time to work or a night off to rest and recharge, finding affordable childcare as a single mum is an absolute essential. However, with the rising costs of living and limited support systems, securing cheap and reliable childcare can be tough for single mothers in the UK. Here […]
9 Budgeting Tips For Single Mums
Sometimes in life we end up doing jobs we’re not qualified for. Jobs we didn’t even apply for. Single parenthood might just be one of them. If you didn’t enter motherhood thinking you’d be doing it alone, there might be some elements that you’re not prepared for. Running a household […]
The Best Apps for Single Mothers in the UK
Lonely? Single parent overwhelm? Struggling to manage your home? There’s an app for that! OK, to be honest there’s no shortcut to managing the all-consuming task of being a single mum, but there are things that can help. Organisation is something that is absolutely key for single parents, along with […]
Too Many Single Parent Families Are Battling Poverty
Is anyone else sick of hearing about the cost of living crisis being spoken about as if it’s a normal and acceptable situation? An economic situation so dire that to live, or simply exist and function as a human, is becoming too expensive for many, is not something we should […]
What Qualifies as a Single Mum?
There’s nothing quite like a good case of the hardship Olympics to really bring people together (and then break them back apart again). You might think that the single parenting community is just that: a united community, but like any other group, there can be division. So, what exactly qualifies […]
Is It Safe To Use A Bouncy Castle While Pregnant?
If there’s one thing I learnt while pregnant, it’s that however niche your question about your pregnancy, another mother-to-be will have already asked it. During my pregnancy, I searched dozens of increasingly obscure questions and never came up blanks. Granted, most of the resulting pages are chatroom/comment threads without actual […]
What Support Do Single Mothers Get In The UK?
One of the first questions that many single mothers have on becoming the sole head of a household is ‘how am I going to cope as a single mum?’. Often, the biggest part of this challenge is financial. If, like me, you’re entering single motherhood after a separation, the chances […]
Recipe: Vegan Harissa Cauliflower and Chickpea Pilaf
There have been a slew of ‘marry me’ recipes on TikTok over the last few months. Marry me chicken, marry me pasta etc etc, recipes ‘so good’ that they might make someone want to propose to you. Putting aside the misogynistic undertones of the implication that women are trying to […]
How many single mothers are there in the UK?
Almost nothing can make you feel more lonely than becoming a single mother, especially if it’s not the way you planned on raising children. Still, even though you might feel like you’re the only one in this situation, especially if you don’t know anyone else close to you who is […]
‘Slowly Descending Into Madness’: The Truth About Living With Severe Pregnancy Sickness
At least one in every hundred people who get pregnant will experience Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). It is a debilitating and severe form of pregnancy sickness that can last anywhere from 12 to 40 weeks, so bad that research suggests that 25% of sufferers experience suicidal thoughts during their pregnancy. So […]