Monthly Archive: October 2014

How I felt when I left France l www.FranglaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

How I felt when I left France

I left France in July 2010, after living there for 12 years and saying I would never leave. Recently several people have asked me if I miss France, if it was a hard decision to leave or how I felt when I left, so I thought I’d share a little more about that part of our life today.… Read more

The true facts about breastfeeding l www.FranglaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

Breastfeeding: What they don’t tell you

Breastfeeding is such a controversial topic. You will only just have announced your pregnancy and everyone will already be interested in whether you’re going breast or bottle. Never has it been so acceptable to be this interested in a woman’s mammary glands!

I know many women (in the UK) who were given the impression that breastfeeding should be such a natural, automatic, easy act that they felt such a failure when it didn’t work for them.… Read more

Raising feisty females l www.FranglaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

Raising feisty females

I’m a feisty female. Born of a feisty female. Who in turn was born of a feisty female. But we live in a day and age where feminism has become a dirty word, and many feminists deny being one. Girls are called bossy and it’s seen as being bad. Being ambitious has negative connotations and we talk about “having balls” as being a good, but men-only, thing.… Read more

What's your beauty legacy? l Mum and daughter l www.FranglaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

What’s your beauty legacy?

As a mum to a nearly 8 year old daughter (and a nearly 2 year old daughter) I’m very conscious that my words and actions are absorbed and remembered, so I try to be very careful when it comes to self-esteem, self-confidence, body and beauty matters.

About 18 months ago, my (then 6 year old) daughter came out with “you have to be skinny to be pretty” which really scared me, as we don’t talk about weight or dieting at home, so this has come from peers and the media.… Read more

When did we lose the dream? www.FranglaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

When did we lose the dream?

When we were children we told our parents and teachers that when we grew up we wanted to be astronauts, pilots, deep sea divers and more. The world really was our oyster.

Brother and sister musical instruments 1980s l When did we lose the dream? www.FranglaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

Maybe Baby Brother and I dreamt of being musicians…

As teenagers these dreams changed to footballers, actors, dancers, singers, doctors, vets, chefs and yet more.… Read more

Keep Calm the New Mum's Manual l Dr Ellie Cannon l The only baby book you need l www.FranglaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

The only baby book you need

I was delighted to recently receive the wonderful news that someone close to me is pregnant with her first baby (you know who you are, E), which inspired me to finally write a review of Dr Ellie Cannon’s book for new mums that I received and read (in 48 hours) a few months ago.… Read more

Toddler playing with Barbies l Why it's good to ignore your kids l www.FranglaiseMummy.com l French and English Parenting and Lifestyle Ramblings

Why it’s good to ignore your kids

I don’t know why or when it happened but there’s been a massive shift in parenting styles over the last 30 odd years. Growing up in the late 1970s and 1980s I clearly recall my friends and I being left to our own devices by our parents. Don’t get me wrong, our parents were present but they weren’t constantly hovering over us.… Read more