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The Day My Mum...
It's been just over three years since mum died, and I still have (some of) her remains sitting in an old fudge tin on a shelf in my...
Niki Spivey
May 2, 20193 min read
Is twinning winning or sinning?
If you'd have told me pre kids that mum and toddler twinning was a thing, I'd never have believed you. Firstly, there were no...
Niki Spivey
Feb 24, 20196 min read
Mama, Mama coooool. Mama, mama coool.
Before I had kids, I didn't want them. Something which I think had to do with how I saw motherhood. From the outside, being a mum looked...
Niki Spivey
Sep 7, 20185 min read
This Small Bus(y)ness...
I've always been a busy person. At school I played for every team. I did every extra class I could. I volunteered for anything and...
Niki Spivey
Aug 6, 20184 min read
Birth Plan 2: Delusional
The second time around, my pregnancy itself followed a deceptively similar path to the first. There were still no apps telling me what...
Niki Spivey
Jun 22, 201810 min read
Birth Plan 1: Survival
Prior to having kids, what I knew about pregnancy and childbirth would have easily fitted onto a Post It note – and even then you’d have...
Niki Spivey
Jun 17, 20187 min read
Goodness Grief
One year and ten months ago I got a phone call that changed not only my life, but me, forever. Two phone calls to be exact. One to say...
Niki Spivey
Feb 14, 20184 min read
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