Maia DunphyNew Year's Resolutions“New Year is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, friendly calls an...
Maia DunphyBreaking the Festive RulesThey started back in September; even earlier in some cruel instances. The countdown to Christmas, ads and supermarket displays showing us...
Maia DunphyThe Uncanny Valley“The uncanny valley” - a term coined to describe the unsettling feeling of looking at a human face that doesn’t look quite right; think c...
Maia DunphyBeauty Truths"What is really important for a woman, more than being beautiful or intelligent, is to be entertaining." If you’re wondering what great p...
Maia DunphyThe Things I Wish I'd Known About MotherhoodYou might ask yourself, “who is she to pen a book on parenthood?”. Am I a doctor? No (well, I consider myself, like many others, to be se...
Maia DunphyThe disasters, triumphs and bliss of new babies.I was quoted in an interview last year as comparing the sleep deprivation that comes with having a new baby to Guantanamo Bay. My heart s...
Maia DunphyLet's Talk About FertilityI’ve never believed that youth is wasted on the young. If we were handed it back at a later stage, we’d be too cautious with it, too resp...
Maia DunphyGet Stuffed - Festive FareThe last few years have seen an upsurge in “alternative Christmas dining”. As low-cost supermarkets bring in frozen lobsters for a tenner...
Maia DunphyBeach BodiesAt any given time, you can find the longest queues in the world in one of two places; a newly opened attraction at a theme park, and in y...
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 DunphySt Patrick's Day Style.This fine publication is much taken up with talk of new season fashion and all thing Irish this month: two things which not so many moons...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Keen-what??My now 13 month old baby is (for the most part) a great eater. I find myself swelling with pride if people remark on it, as they see him w...
Maia DunphyThe M Word: Food, Glorious (Baby)Food.I’m so excited by the buzz The M Word has generated so far. It’s reassuring to know my random thoughts and mild panics at 4am are not exc...
Maia DunphyValentine's Day...Four decades on this planet and I have only recently learned the truth about swans. It transpires that although for the most part they do...
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...