Photo: Ariel Moy I bought a mint green size 0000 onesie halfway through my pregnancy. I hadn’t done a lot of shopping. Morning sickness...

Recently I had the privilege of watching a series of videos showing encounters between primary caregivers and their children (aged 0-5...

Conveying a practical sense of the mother/child ‘us’ - the relationship that holds mother and child together - is often most easily...

As I sit here attempting to give form to my musings and questions around mothering, I compete for warmth with my son who, yet again, is...

Our TV has a screen saver that rotates a collection of family photos. I often see an image come up of my son in my partner’s arms the day...

No one can quite define what a perfect mother would look like and yet we’re haunted daily by the feeling that whatever that perfection is, w

It is recommended you soothe a sick baby by holding them and giving them lots of love and attention. Nothing provides comfort in the time...

Nothing can prepare you for the first time you hold your child in your arms. Even if you’ve had three children before you can’t prepare...

As he places his little hand into mine, I think to myself … one day, his skin won’t feel as soft and smooth. one day, his hand will be...

Dear 2020 Baby, You have been born during a global pandemic. Something we did not even know was going to happen when we first found out...

2020 has been a year of separations. Many of us have had extended periods of physical distancing and when we do meet others, our faces...

As mothers we watch our children grow and we know that both intentionally and inadvertently we contribute to the ways in which they...

The quote above is from a mother called Kitty who didn’t shy away from talking about the moments when the last thing she wanted to do was ho

At this present time I do not have kids of my own, however, I am blessed beyond imagination to have a beautiful 11 months old nephew named I

“Momma, I love you. I can’t do nothing”

You might wonder why I’d write about a phrase that on the surface appears to tell people to ‘just chill out’.

a mother holds her children in ways that are deeply felt, remembered and known as previous generations held, safeguarded and nurtured

When I first heard about Ari’s Holding Matters website we were just about to go into lockdown for the COVID pandemic. It was only then I sta

Holding your teenager in different ways. Keeping the offer for affection open.

Blessed. From the very first moment I held my beautiful little angel, I felt the most amazing form of love envelope my whole being.