What should you eat during pregnancy? This might help… If you’re expecting, the chances are you’re probably not eating your usual diet. Either you’re feeling so sick you’re on a strict dry toast and ginger biscuits rotation, or you’re ‘eating for two’ and mainlining macaroni cheese at every meal time […]
Author: Rebecca Cox
This Is The Colour Of Periods.
My inbox is a Pandora’s box of mad and troubling press releases, most of which I don’t have time to dedicate to (more’s the pity) but occasionally amongst the actual important correspondence and useful information, something unsolicited catches my eye. Today’s find was entitled: ‘PANTONE COLOR INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH INTIMINA […]
The Way My Mother Swims.
I was swimming in the heated, sea water infinity pool at the Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, looking out across the Mediterranean Sea. There was pink dye in my hair so I had rolled it on top of my head and was swimming with sunglasses on my nose. Breaststroke, quite fast (if […]
The Best Things About Being A Single Mum
Being a single mum is brilliant. I wanted to just let that sentence have its own line because usually it is caveated. ‘Being a single mum is brilliant, but…’. ‘Being a single mum isn’t all bad but it’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do.’ It’s not that the statement doesn’t […]
4 Lockdown Activities That Aren’t Terrible
Are there really at-home activities that four-year-olds and adults can both enjoy?
Dear Single Mums, In Case You Need to Read This Right Now
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a pretty shit day. I know, without a shadow of a doubt, a lot of you will have had a worse one. These are strange and unprecedented times. Dark, scary and unsettling times. As a single mum, the thought of further isolation […]
CBeebies is my Co-Parent: Don’t Break Up Our Family
It’s the top trump card for BBC chairman Sir David Clementi. His ‘OK kids, if this behaviour doesn’t stop, I’m cancelling Christmas’. Every time the license fee is under threat or the BBC is rattled, we’re reminded that it could mean the end for CBeebies. Forget BBC One, sod the […]
The Single Mother Project: Marriage Story
It has been almost two years since I last posted a single mother project film analysis* here. What can I say? Single mothers are flaky, unreliable and very, very busy. *Yes, analysis is perhaps an overstatement. But I watched a film last night that moved me to the extent of […]
Free (& Very Cheap) Summer Holidays Activities for Families
Free (& very cheap) summer holidays activities for kids & families National Play Days From street parties to group woodland explorations, National Play Days happen on Wednesday 7 August, with a host of free family activities to join in with across the country. Check out www.playday.org.uk for your nearest event […]
Camp Bestival Prep: The Single Mum’s Guide to Packing for a Festival
Pre-Jack, summer meant one thing: festivals. Starting with Isle of Wight (I never did get Glasto tickets) and ending with Bestival, almost every weekend had some sort of live music and alfresco drinking element. So, it was inevitable that Jack’s festival days wouldn’t wait until his teenage years. Last year […]