There are many subjects I avoid mentioning in this column as they seem to unleash an illogical rage among the more verbally vitriolic. We all make different choices, it’s not up to me to judge, condemn or criticise other women for the way they do this emotionally complex work/family thing.
My nanny’s quitting to stay at home with HER baby. And I know you’ll hate me, but I’m devastated
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
LORRAINE CANDY: I’m off to Paris and leaving the kids in a cupboard with a packet of Haribos
Friday, September 17th, 2010Another set of patronizing guidelines has been compiled to help working mothers. About time, too, because I’m so devilishly disorganised and incompetent that I can’t possibly handle this work/life juggle alone.
LORRAINE CANDY: I screamed out my lost toddler’s name. For the first time, I knew the meaning of blind panic
Friday, September 10th, 2010Looking back, I question my choice of the beach as the place to test a more relaxed attitude to children roaming.
LORRAINE CANDY: Why are we in A&E? Because my toddler’s got Barbie’s earring stuck inside his ear…
Friday, August 27th, 2010The doctor there sees us immediately and shakes his head. ‘I can’t get that out,’ he says, handing me a slip of paper with ‘FB something ear’ scrawled on it. I hope FB means foreign body not foolish boy.
LORRAINE CANDY: You can’t beat the mayhem of a family holiday
Thursday, August 5th, 2010The cross-dressing toddler wore boys’ clothes all week (a first for him), I didn’t return one work email or phone call (a first for me) and the sun shone (a first for Cornwall).
LORRAINE CANDY: Even the dog’s gone mad and is wearing a plastic bucket on his head
Thursday, July 8th, 2010This heat is turning us into a mildly hallucinogenic family. Even the dog’s odd. He’s got a plastic bucket on his head to stop him scratching a heat rash. He keeps getting stuck between the fence and a bush in the garden as he hurtles across the tiny lawn after next-door’s cat. Canine fool!
LORRAINE CANDY: The deadly marble brought me to my knees. Why aren’t they classed as WMDs?
Thursday, July 1st, 2010As Editor-in-Chief of fashion magazine Elle and a mum to three young children, Lorraine Candy’s life is a chronic juggling act.
LORRAINE CANDY: No wonder ‘Sandwich Women’ fall into depression – we’re overloaded
Thursday, May 6th, 2010It’s more do it all than have it all for working mothers who had late babies because of career demands, and then face caring for ailing elderly parents, too, says Lorraine Candy
