Catherine Burns

Post Covid round three, life is good! I always love the week after being ill. You have a renewed appreciation for your health and what it's like to move round the house without clutching the tissues. You can breathe through your nose, sweat like a normal person, make it through the day without a nap… AND your appetite is back. Hooray!

Hello September, hello routine and hello lunchboxes. I always feel as if September is like a second “New Year”, a fresh start for everyone. And as much as the kids prefer to be on summer break, I find life a little easier when we are in the swing of a routine. What I don't find easy is lunchboxes. I have a love/hate relationship with them. I love nourishing my kids. But I don't love prepping lunch – especially after a long day of work and then having to do all the usual laundry and other endless household jobs.

I had a somewhat humbling experience this morning when I got stuck between two wing mirrors in the parking lot. I was trying to slip between two cars and underestimated the size of the baby bump. I had to squat instead and wobble through sideways at chest height.

Experts suggest that the number of people with ADHD is actually going to remain steady.

Every now and then I have a real craving for Chinese food, but it's so tricky to find options that are affordable and clean when it comes to ingredients. A lot of processed Chinese dishes include the flavour enhancer Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) ― known to trigger excitability in those with ADHD and migraines in others.

Sorry to miss you last week ― I bit off more than I could chew when life, work deadlines and incubating a tiny human all collided!

You know those days where everything that can go wrong, does go wrong? Well earlier this week, while I was fighting a few little fires at work, I got a call from Chloe whose bike key had snapped in her ignition.

Jeannie Ambrose, one of about 1,000 affected patients, says the drug should be made available on the NHS

Thirty-two weeks pregnant with the giant Irish baby and I am all about the snacks! Passing the gestational diabetes test a few weeks ago was a sweet relief, as I've always loved carbs, but I have loved carbs lately.

I took the week off to hang out with my teens over half term. Of course, I forgot that when they're on holiday they don't get up til midday. I envy their ability to sleep in but I would never deny them those amazing lie-ins.