by Sophie Mei Lan | Nov 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
I say I’m a gentle-ish parent, the emphasis being on the ish because I am not totally as wholesome and calm and balanced as I would like, so the term gentle when it comes to parenting I feel needs an “ish.” (In case you spot me loosing my rag!). I...
by Sophie Mei Lan | Sep 5, 2018 | Family, Uncategorized
When my daughter was on a ventilator on the Intensive Care Unit at Leeds General Infirmary, I found myself expressing breastmilk every hour via the hospital-grade breastfeeding machine in the family room. It was my second child and whilst it took a while to get used...
by Sophie Mei Lan | Jul 18, 2018 | Education, Uncategorized
This blog will help you grow your vlog or if you just want a nosey on how vloggers work… but it’s also a shameless plug (at the end) to get you to vote for me in the fabulous Northern Blog Awards as I have been shortlisted in the Parenting Vlogger...
by Sophie Mei Lan | Nov 5, 2017 | Family
I never ever thought I’d breastfeed, let alone breastfeed in public, on TV and now in the national press. But as the story goes, you never know what’s around the corner! When I fell pregnant with a guy I’d just met (luckily, my now husband) I was somewhat shocked....
by Sophie Mei Lan | Sep 13, 2017 | Competitions, Life
“About five years ago I remember thinking that my life was pretty easy and maybe I hadn’t lived through enough pain… “A year on… and I’d nursed my eldest daughter through open heart surgery, got divorced, moved house and discovered...