Can’t Cook, Will Cook: Chicken Stir Fry
This is a picture of Kale. I now eat shit like this. It’s green and cabbagey and smells like it came from the earth. That’s because it did. Beside it is a melon. I also […]
August 2015
Happy Birthday August: a year in photos
August Lily was born on a Friday. Today is Friday and even though it’s the 21st of August, and she was born on the 22nd, I can’t but help of think back to that day, […]
House of Cards: Five reasons we love to hate Frank Underwood
*Note, one TINY spoiler below Things have been very busy of late. TV watching has gone out the window. When the baby was smaller and I was on maternity leave, there was more time to […]
Do you see the history on your doorstep?
Last night I took part in the Walk & Talk series organised by the Old Drogheda Society and Drogheda Millmount Museum. Like all good things, I’d read about it on Facebook and was quick to […]
Why I quit breastfeeding to get my child to sleep at night
Helmet is on. I’m cowering at my computer, typing these words, ready to be criticised. I’ll have to whisper them, to convey my guilt. SSsshhh. I quit breastfeeding. And then I let my child cry […]
Wanted: A Respectable Woman to take charge of a Motherless Child
Wanted: A Respectable Woman to take charge of a Motherless Child Three Weeks Old to Bottle Feed it. That’s the last line I read before I left the library today. It was placed in a […]
LadyNicci blog nominated in Maternity and Infant Awards
You know it’s awards season when 1) There isn’t a long guna to be found in the shops 2) You can’t get a booking for a hair appointment and the baby is eating suspicious twirly […]
Can’t Cook, Will Cook: Cyanide and Happiness Cake
Our good friend SupaSambo celebrated her birthday this weekend. We’d be lost without Sambo. Not only is she baba’s Godmother, she’s also our babysitter extraordinaire, so we wanted to give her something special. While trying […]