Mushbrainedramblings
Overcoming a cancer scare, the death of her father, difficult times with her work, and an overactive immune system, Ellie overcame all the odds and became first time mother at 47 1/2 having had IVF treatment in Spain. Her blog covers that journey and follows her journey with her daughter through their first year together and onward ... this issues faced by being an older mother, the trials and excitements of baby led weaning and the utter joys of motherhood.
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Mush Brained Ramblings
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Overcoming a cancer scare, the death of her father, difficult times with her work, and an overactive immune system, Ellie overcame all the odds and became first time mother at 47 1/2 having had IVF treatment in Spain. Her blog covers that journey and follows her journey with her daughter through their first year together and onward ... this issues faced by being an older mother, the trials and excitements of baby led weaning and the utter joys of motherhood.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 228 )
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Baby Weight
I’m a bit out of the loop this week … just heard about the absurd Baby Weight front cover on a UK magazine in the context of Countess Kate leaving hospital... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Missing My Muse
I don’t know what’s happened to it recently. I’ve lost my muse? I think Hope has toddled off with it and hidden it down the garden somewhere. Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Walk This Way …
and she’s off … in a wibbly wobbly fashion my girl has gone from 2 unaided steps at playgroup last week, to 7 steps during a sunny picnic, to half way across... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Shhhhhhhhhh
Hope learned the ‘sleeping bunnies’ song at playgroup … it has totally stuffed up bed times … if I now say, “shhhh” she looks up and says excitedly, “hop hop... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Major Milestone Passed with Flying Colours
18 months old … “my daughter is eighteen months”, how incredible …is she a baby any more? She’s not a toddler as she’s not (quite) walking unaided yet … she is... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Unexpected
Last weekend something happened that hasn’t happened before … I bought a copy (in fact 6 copies) of the Mail on Sunday. The bloke in the petrol station where I’... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Silly Woman
I took Hope round to her lovely child minder earlier, all excited and full of beans (both of us), she looking forward to a day playing with her small friends an... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
You Know It’s a Good Day When …
you’re woken up by a kiss from a very small person, then prodded in the ear, all the time listening to happy shouts of “up UP UPPPP”. Read more
Posted on 25 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Simple Pleasures
The simplest pleasures really are the best … particularly those involving friendship, children, animals, swings, a climbing frame that looks like a fire truck... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
An Understatement
If I was to say, “I’m excited” it would be a gross understatement … HUGE … I am VERY excited … infact a tad over excited.We’re off in a few minutes on the... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
and Then She Said … the “wow” Factor
and so continues the flood of new words …“milk” (well actually “mullk”) said while prodding me in the chest“keys” whilst waving them“amba” – handbag … she has... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
A Foot in a Previous World
I went to London yesterday, to a conference … it was excellent. Great to catch up with former colleagues, meet new people and find out what’s what in the world... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
and Then She Said
New words are coming thick and fast now … in the last few days:“push” – when on the swing“bottom” – when being put into her high chair (this one made me... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
“Is She a Grandma’s Girl?”
It happened, yesterday, for the first time in almost 17 months … and not just once, but twice …Every media interview I’ve done since Hope was born has at some... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Standing up for Mothers
After being told I was too old for Mother and Baby magazine, perhaps I’ve finally been made sensitive to the fact that I’m an older mother … defensive almost,... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
She Said …
her new words keep on coming … tonight, after a particularly nasty run in with teething and alot of gumming of a drinking beaker and then blissfully contented... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Too Old for Us …
The whole issue of my age as relating to be a mother has never really bothered me, it is a miracle that I have Hope in my world and that both of us are health,... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Confession from a Bad Mother
Last night, my girl wasn’t feeling too bright, she didn’t want her supper and had a bit of a temperature, so we had a bath together and then she went to bed... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Ever Expanding Vocabulary
Hope has so many things to say now, most of them still tumble out of her in fluent, often intense, sometimes a bit cross but generally joyful Hopeish but she... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Inspiring? Aching Joints, Grey Roots and Not That Far off 50 … Apparently So : )
I’ve had time to come down from the ceiling now after my nomination and subsequent (wonderful miraculous humbling and very exciting) shortlisting in the... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION