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No, my one-year-old does not speak Mandarin (and I’m trying not to worry about it)
No, my one-year-old does not speak Mandarin (and I’m trying not to worry about it)
A couple of months ago the Bundle and I were eating lunch together when something amazing happened.
Lisa Key
Dec 30, 2020
A letter to my pregnant self: put down the birthing trainer.
A letter to my pregnant self: put down the birthing trainer.
There are women in this world, apparently, who don’t even know they’re pregnant until they’re three or four months gone. They get up off…
Lisa Key
May 16, 2020
Coronavirus, anxiety chickens, and why I’ve stopped using the Calm app
Coronavirus, anxiety chickens, and why I’ve stopped using the Calm app
Are humidifiers dangerous Are humidifiers dangerous babies Are humidifiers dangerous babies 9 months Are humidifiers dangerous UK Are…
Lisa Key
Mar 20, 2020
The one incredibly important thing that no-one tells you about babies
The one incredibly important thing that no-one tells you about babies
I had been a mother for about four months when I decided I had cracked it. I was in my local cafe, chatting to a pair of new mums at the…
Lisa Key
Dec 28, 2019
Who am I to tell a man he can’t take his daughter to a baby yoga class?
Who am I to tell a man he can’t take his daughter to a baby yoga class?
“I’ve booked a baby yoga class for tomorrow morning,” I tell Baby Daddy one Tuesday evening as he’s walking the Bundle up and down the…
Lisa Key
Jul 6, 2019
Why I wish I hadn’t bought special pyjamas to wear while in labour
Why I wish I hadn’t bought special pyjamas to wear while in labour
When I was pregnant, even near the end, when catching a side glance of myself in a shop window as I walked by was like watching a cruise…
Lisa Key
Jun 3, 2019
I’m not making a birth plan (and you shouldn’t either)
I’m not making a birth plan (and you shouldn’t either)
There’s a lot of talk, these days, of “birth plans”. Have I written mine? What are my preferences? Do I want pain relief? Intervention…
Lisa Key
May 8, 2019
If there’s one thing I know, it’s that we need more stuff
If there’s one thing I know, it’s that we need more stuff
God help us, we go to The Baby Show. Ok look, fine. It was my idea. I was tricked. Duped by a ticket “offer” from the NCT that actually…
Lisa Key
Apr 4, 2019
Difficult conversations with my cervix
Difficult conversations with my cervix
The one thing you don’t want to see is blood. That’s universal. There’s no-one that says “a little bit of bleeding just before your third…
Lisa Key
Feb 16, 2019
The patriarchy made me believe I was having a boy (but actually it’s a creme brulee)
The patriarchy made me believe I was having a boy (but actually it’s a creme brulee)
Just before Christmas we went for our second scan — the anomaly scan , as it’s technically called, although that sounds much less fun than…
Lisa Key
Jan 5, 2019
Reflections on grandads & bumps from a pregnant philosopher
Reflections on grandads & bumps from a pregnant philosopher
This week my grandad died. He’d been in-and-out of hospital a lot lately, and 96 is a fine old age whatever way you look at it. All the…
Lisa Key
Nov 30, 2018
I didn’t post my baby scan on Facebook (I can’t compete with Mr Faliraki ‘08)
I didn’t post my baby scan on Facebook (I can’t compete with Mr Faliraki ‘08)
So, telling people is great. I’ve never received so much praise for something my body did pretty much by itself. It’s like getting a Nobel…
Lisa Key
Nov 18, 2018
My baby is not a cheeseburger (and I want the world to know)
My baby is not a cheeseburger (and I want the world to know)
This week we had our first scan — the “dating scan” — they call it, as it gives you an accurate estimate of the Little Bundle’s due date…
Lisa Key
Oct 29, 2018
Why I regret being honest with the midwife
Why I regret being honest with the midwife
To the midwife this week, my first real contact with the mighty turning cogs of the NHS maternity service. By coincidence, Gillian the…
Lisa Key
Oct 14, 2018
Is my flat too small for a baby? (and other things to worry about in the middle of the night)
Is my flat too small for a baby? (and other things to worry about in the middle of the night)
I woke up around 3am one morning last week and realised my flat was too small. It’s the norm for me since getting pregnant, this waking in…
Lisa Key
Oct 7, 2018
What I learned not puking at 33,000 feet
What I learned not puking at 33,000 feet
This week I had to fly to the US for a work conference — a trip that was planned before the Little Seed was a twinkle in its daddy’s eye…
Lisa Key
Sep 30, 2018
The biggest lie I’ve told since I pretended to have asthma (aged 8)
The biggest lie I’ve told since I pretended to have asthma (aged 8)
It turns out I’m not that good at keeping secrets. Which is not the same thing as being a bad liar, by the way. I tell little lies just…
Lisa Key
Sep 23, 2018
Age is just a number (with huge biological consequences)
Age is just a number (with huge biological consequences)
Let’s be real — there’s no country in the world where I would qualify as a “young mum”. When the little seed is born in May 2019, I’ll be…
Lisa Key
Sep 17, 2018
What’s a BFP? (and other things you should know before baking buns in your oven)
What’s a BFP? (and other things you should know before baking buns in your oven)
I broadly consider myself to be a person who knows about stuff. I believe myself, at 31 years of age, to have a fairly decent grasp of how…
Lisa Key
Sep 9, 2018
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