Mummy and the Beastie
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Welcome
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Welcome to Mummy and the Beastie, a home for honest writing about family life in the UK. Motherhood is wonderful, exhausting, funny and occasionally chaotic, sometimes all before breakfast, and this is a place that doesn’t pretend otherwise.
You’ll find pieces on the everyday realities of raising little ones, alongside the bigger stuff too: going back to work after maternity leave, making the family budget stretch, parenting on your own, and finding a bit of yourself again when so much of life revolves around someone else.
Whether you’re knee-deep in nappies or wondering what comes next, pop the kettle on and have a read.
You’re in good company here ♡
Blog
Making Mum Friends: How to Find Your Village as an Adult
friendship, the sequel Making Mum Friends ♡ Making mum friends as an adult can feel like dating, but with more […]
Losing Your Identity in Motherhood (and Small Ways to Find Yourself Again)
Find yourself Again Losing your Identity To Motherhood ♡ If you have been feeling like you vanished somewhere between the […]
Family Budgeting on One Income: How to Make It Stretch
money talk, without the lecture Family Budgeting on One Income ♡ Family budgeting on one income is absolutely doable, but […]
Returning to Work After Maternity Leave: Honest Tips
deep breaths, you’ve got this Returning to Work After Maternity Leave: What Nobody Tells You ♡ Returning to work after […]
Single Parent Tips: What We Wish We’d Known First
Parenting on your own Single Parent Tips: The Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me at the Start Parenting on […]