Author Archives: JenSWight
‘The rat is eating the hat’
Today is my birthday. Yay for me! It has been a wonderful day so far. I’m writing this as The Norwegian is feeding The Boy and will be doing bath and bed. Ah free time. Later we’ll be having sushi and prosecco. All part of the birthday festival that started on Friday and will stretch […]
These booties are made for walking
The Boy started walking quite early – when he was about 10 months old. I was totally taken aback by how proud of him I was when he took those first two steps and then fell into my waiting arms. In a few short weeks he went from one small step, for baby, to one […]
The Hardest Year
The Hardest Year is the story of one of the roughest introductions to motherhood you can imagine. Jen Wight breaks the taboo around mental ill health to honestly recount her experience of developing postpartum psychosis and then severe postnatal depression. She tells the tales of being convinced that she was Cameron Diaz; that she and […]
Ghost posts
Have you ever posted a status update on facebook and mysteriously got no likes? Not even from your other half, or your mate who likes almost all of your posts, or from anyone at all. I used to think – ah well, not all my musings, photos and links to petitions to end domestic violence […]
Yoghurt of Mass Destruction
It is a beautiful calm moment in the hectic rush of the weekly grocery shop. The Norwegian is out at a head wetting getting – I hoped- suitably drunk. I had decided to improve the shinning hour by getting the weekly shop done. Brownie points all round. I manage well, getting bananas, plums and coriander […]
Jen S. Wight 