Maia DunphyThe M Word: The BorrowersNeither a borrower nor a lender be. I’m sure most of you have heard that at least once in your lives (usually from the kind of family mem...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Co-Sleeping (AKA another rod for for your back).I knew nothing about co-sleeping before I had a baby (frankly, it would have been weird as hell if I did). But countless people asked me w...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Unapologetic TractorsI’ve lost count of the number of times baby Tom has been mistaken for a girl, despite the fact that I shamelessly don’t adhere in anyway w...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: An Oldie, But a Goldie...Have you ever seen those mums out and about who look exactly as you had always planned to when you became the buggy-pusher? Dressed perfe...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: In-Laws...Six letters, two little hyphenated words, but always one massive reaction: in-laws. The staple of many an un-pc comic’s routine for prett...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: BoozeSeveral years ago I unwittingly became a poster girl for “women and drinking”. I hadn’t intended to, but I made a document called Merlot ...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Post-Baby Bodies In the grand scheme of things, we know the “post-baby body” rhetoric is very unimportant, but even so, how we feel about ourselves is imp...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Some Kids Are AssholesSince having a baby, there is no denying that I have become more of a ‘baby person’. I empathise when I see a stressed mum, or hear a tod...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Dressing Like a MotherBaby clothes are cute, no matter what colour, size or style. Not so Mum clothes apparently. But what even ARE Mum clothes? I thought I ju...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: MilestonesYou’ll find as a new parent that many people will only ask you about your children. Sometimes it’s because you have nothing else in commo...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Fathers' DayAh, Father’s Day. Invented some time in the 1980s by the people who brought us such celebrations as Children’s Dental Health Week, National
Maia DunphyThe M Word: ConfidenceI’ve been thinking a lot of late (I say “a lot”, but it’s mainly just within that spare five minutes I have at 4am) about women and confi...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: You Know What You Should Do?In the year 2015 BC (before child), I received lots of advice and tips, and even a photo of someone’s damaged vagina. Most of it I listen...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Live & LearnYou know what’s worse than the days that go wrong as a parent? The days that almost went right. So close to perfect parenting you could a...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: What DO You Do All Day?When my baby was two months old, I heard those six little words that before then I had believed were a myth propagated by magazine articl...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Splish SplashAh mother and baby groups. The very thought of them goes through me. Yes, it’s lovely for baby, good for Mum to have adult company and so...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Flying With a BabyIf you’ve never flown solo with a baby and would like to know what it’s like, just put an angry cat into one of those sturdy bags for lif...