motherhood Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/tag/motherhood/ Cats, kids, coffee and chaos Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:26:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://catskidschaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-cropped-catskidschaos-blog-logo-32x32.png motherhood Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/tag/motherhood/ 32 32 Reclaiming your identity as a new Mom https://catskidschaos.com/2026/04/17/reclaiming-your-identity-as-a-new-mom/ https://catskidschaos.com/2026/04/17/reclaiming-your-identity-as-a-new-mom/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:25:04 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=32923 Are you interested in reclaiming your identity as a new mom? When you are a parent, it can feel like you are losing yourself completely in the role of mother and father. That’s understandable but it is also something that you can correct and this, in the long term, will make you a far stronger […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2026/04/17/reclaiming-your-identity-as-a-new-mom/feed/ 0 They don’t tell you about this in the parenting books. https://catskidschaos.com/2020/03/07/they-dont-tell-you-about-this-in-the-parenting-books/ https://catskidschaos.com/2020/03/07/they-dont-tell-you-about-this-in-the-parenting-books/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:46:18 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=23675 I often say “they don’t tell you about this in the parenting books”. I think this is probably my motherhood quote and what sums up my parenting journey so far. It’s hard when you realize no matter hard you try, that you can’t always protect your kids. That sometimes you will get things wrong or […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2020/03/07/they-dont-tell-you-about-this-in-the-parenting-books/feed/ 2 If your kids aren’t learning to do chores round the house, more fool you… https://catskidschaos.com/2020/02/05/if-your-kids-arent-learning-to-do-chores-round-the-house-more-fool-you/ https://catskidschaos.com/2020/02/05/if-your-kids-arent-learning-to-do-chores-round-the-house-more-fool-you/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=15496 My kids are almost 10 and 13. We have instituted some rules. They do chores “I AM NOT THE MAID” is something that I have, ahem, yelled, a few times, mostly during the school holidays when I feel like my kids have started to take the presence of their mother, aka the cook, cleaner, provider […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2020/02/05/if-your-kids-arent-learning-to-do-chores-round-the-house-more-fool-you/feed/ 9 It’s all hard, but it will be ok. https://catskidschaos.com/2019/09/26/its-all-hard-but-it-will-be-ok/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 23:00:20 +0000 https://themadhouseofcatsandbabies.com/?p=21128 When you have children, be they newborn, toddler, threenager, school age, heading into the tween years or fully in the teen years, you have times where you feel like it’s HARD. Each stage brings new things, new developments, new growth, new learning both for you and your child, but it can also seem incredibly challenging. […]

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]]> Mother’s Day. Dear Mum. Thank you and I’m sorry. https://catskidschaos.com/2019/03/31/mothers-day-dear-mum-thank-you-and-im-sorry/ Sun, 31 Mar 2019 02:00:41 +0000 https://themadhouseofcatsandbabies.com/?p=19478 Today is Mother’s Day here in the UK. There are many of us going through Mother’s Day, today, without our mums. The loss of my mother has impacted my life, the way I view things, and how I parent. For those of you mothering on Mother’s Day, with the pain of loss, be it an […]

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]]> Those earrings. Handing down memories. https://catskidschaos.com/2018/10/03/those-earrings-handing-down-memories/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:33:42 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=17482 Those earrings. Given to me by my parents when I was the same age as her. Made from a piece of jewellery my mother had broken up and made into a first pair of “good earrings” for me. Real stones. Diamonds and rubies. Worn for special occasions. Treasured as “proper jewellery”. Kept by me, hidden […]

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]]> I’m still here. To my daughter on this big day… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/09/05/im-still-here-to-my-daughter-on-this-big-day/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 04:00:30 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=17235 To my daughter. Today is a big day. It’s a big day for you and a big day for us, and me. You are going off on a new adventure. Growing up. I’m sure it was only yesterday I dropped you off for your first day at nursery school and cried my heart out as […]

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]]> Find your tribe… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/08/07/find-your-tribe/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/08/07/find-your-tribe/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2018 23:00:46 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16930 Find your tribe, and if you can’t find one, start one… Parenting and motherhood can be a lonely place. It isn’t meant to be but for a lot of women, signing up to the motherhood club can land you in a place where you find your circumstances make you feel very isolated and frustrated. Motherhood […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/08/07/find-your-tribe/feed/ 7 And just like that… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/06/18/and-just-like-that/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/06/18/and-just-like-that/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:53:37 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16579  Just like that, your kids grow up. One minute you are changing their nappies and worrying that they will never be potty trained and the next minute you are dealing with sending them off to secondary school, letting them spread their wings and go off without you and face the world with less of your […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/06/18/and-just-like-that/feed/ 7 If you are young enough that I could have given birth to you… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/05/10/if-you-are-young-enough-that-i-could-have-given-birth-to-you/ Thu, 10 May 2018 18:15:39 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16238 Then you probably need to take my advice. Yees, you. You’re young enough that I actually could have given birth to you. When you were in nappies, I was already changing them. When you were at school I was taking kids to school. When you were at university I’d already had a baby.  You’ve got […]

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