“I wish I’d been able to forget my old life and accept things will be different. Slow down. Go at your child’s pace and you’ll all be much happier.” Sara Tateno, ex-BBC employee – now mother and entrepreneur…
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Features
In this exclusive transcript, director Hope Dickson Leach and director/actress Alice Lowe have a brilliantly raw and in-depth conversation about motherhood, working in the film industry and the very real juggle when trying to do both…
Home Life
“Jackson wears Luna’s old clothes mixed with a lot of lovely hand-me-downs from friends. Yes, he wears a lot of pink! Boys in pink make my heart happy.” Brighton-based mum-of-two and graphic designer Clara Spencer-Philips (@claraivy) on family life…
Home Life
After being told she would never conceive a child, and that she’d die by the age of 30, Olivia Djouadi was shocked to give birth to two children (born 10 months apart). They both have special needs, and she discusses the way this impacts on family life…
Features
When Sally Bunkham’s second daughter was born, just a year after her first, she started to struggle. With a constantly crying baby, Sally was exhausted and began self-harming – until a doctor diagnosed postnatal depression, which brought surprising relief…
Home Life
“Before embarking on parenthood, I wish I’d been told to completely forget being selfish – you are no longer afforded the luxury.” Tim Pike, father to a seven-year-old stepdaughter and three-year-old son, talks fatherhood with The Early Hour…
Home Life
“If I could go back in time, I would have got more breastfeeding support from the start and also been more honest about suffering from postnatal depression and needing help.” Emma Paton, mother and blogger, opens up…