AislingKearneyBurke's Blog

I knew it was only a matter of time before this little predicament would raise its ugly head. The ‘Colour inside the lines’ argument has well and truly hit home. It kicked off in my kitchen last week in the middle of my junior infant’s homework when she was getting particularly frustrated about staying inside the lines. When my daughter put on that uniform, I knew I was sending her into...

By the time you read this, I'll have done it. I'll be a fully-fledged member of the school gates brigade. I'm hoping I'll now be able to relate to the frustration and delight of every mum and dad I’ve encountered recently, regaling us with tales from the school wars and secretly putting the fear of God into those of us still in the throes of the toddler years. But it's time...

Those of you who have lost a baby, you know the grief. The remembering hits you at the most unexpected times when you’re not altogether prepared for it. Even though it’s been a couple of years since we lost our first, I thought I was over it or at least learned to live with that little part of you that will be forever missing. But the words of Ed Sheeran’s song Photograph, which he was...

“Nee- Naw-Nee-Naw-Nee-Naw, here comes the fire engine/aeroplane/racing car” or whatever mode of transport is particularly entertaining today. In the last couple of weeks, that’s all you hear in our kitche; I’m sure the neighbours think we’ve finally lost the plot. And they’d be right because our little darling, No.2, has entered the fussy eating phase. We kind of got away light with...

My daughter turned to me the other day and said: “Let’s take a selfie!” She was dressed up in a new dress and did look extremely pretty, but I was a bit taken aback. How does she even know what that word is? She’s only four! Did I teach her that word? When was the last time I used that word? I couldn’t remember. I’m not a big fan of selfies. Yes, I love taking photographs but if...

I have a secret, well, it’s not really that much of a secret considering a few people know about it but one which until recently I didn’t want the online world to know. It’s something I didn’t really want to make public knowledge as I thought people would see me as less – less of a mother, less of a businesswoman, less of a person, just less. I was diagnosed with PND (Post Natal...

So spring is here. The daffodils are swaying happily in every garden and the weather is just good enough to let the kids venture outside so you get a moment’s peace, a cup of tea and a chance to sit quietly. That’s when you get a proper look at the kids’ destruction. Oh my god, has it always been this bad? Toys were strewn from room to room. Tractors, dollies and bits of Lego had all managed...

So myself and the hubby went on one of our monthly Date Days last week. Our work schedules are so crazy we’ve taken to having dates on Sunday afternoons; a couple of blissful hours of just us then back in time to put the kids to bed. It’s normally heaven, but this date proved to be a bit more controversial. Off we went for a quick bite to eat then on to see Reese Witherspoon’s latest movie...

We’ve all been there; that time when you really wished that you could do the impossible and split yourself in two. Not physically possible, I know, but it would come in so handy now and again (who am I kidding? Pretty much all the time!). I would love to have another Me; a Work Me to keep the money coming in and a Home Me to clean, cook healthy nutritious dinners and well, clean. But I can’t...