Author: lycrawidow

Babywearing, breastfeeding mama, French speaker and daydreamer. Hopeless romantic. Loving, supportive Military wife. Guardian to my teenage sister. Cat owner. Lover of cars. Cycling widow and sports bottle changer extraordinaire. Foodie. Brain tumour survivor (so far) almost an orphan. No longer a twenty something.

To the GP that thought she was doing the right thing 

I hope however, that no parent has to go through the rigmarole that I went through, because it was painful, discouraging and embarrassing.

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A Poem For My First Born

I wrote this just a few days after Sebastien was born, (all the way back in 2014!) when filled with the overwhelming emotion that motherhood brings, and also recovering from a C section  FOR SEBASTIEN Bleary eyed Mum, with her still swollen tum,  Teeny tiny infant with his milk drunk existence,  Sleep deprived Dad has... Continue Reading →

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Dearest Mama To Be 

Another pregnancy announcement from a dear friend, and a text of "tell me everything you know" has inspired me to write this.  I'm by no means an expert, as I'm only 2.5 years in to this parenting malarkey myself, but I thought I'd share a little bit of what I wish people had told me... Continue Reading →

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Leibster Award

Squeee! An award! Little ol me has been nominated for the Liebster award by the beautiful Maria over at  Mummytologan Now I'm very new to this, so let’s crack on with the rules… Thank the person who nominated you – and display your award with pride Answer the eleven questions put to you by the... Continue Reading →

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Spéculos Sponge (take 1) 

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm not great at cakes. Often I will say the toddler helped if only to disguise my train wreck of a sponge.  However. I do enjoy baking and I do it a lot because cakes are yummy and it's a fun thing to do with Sebastien.... Continue Reading →

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My Desert Island Discs 

Richard over at Amused and Bemused nominated me to do a post on desert island discs. You can see his list here  This isn't my "normal" blog style and I know my last few posts have all been lists of some sort- and I will get back to the family posts soon, I promise!  For those... Continue Reading →

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10 reasons I’m #Rockingmotherhood

Motherhood can be hard. But it doesn't have to be lonely. If you need a friend, I'm there. Often with bonus cake that the toddler and I have thrown together. I also have a handy sleeve for those snotty tears when you're having a really bad day.

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