Aisling Marron

Living in New York, I realised I had to actively work on making friends while grappling with the difficulty of settling children and family in a new city

Youngsters have a knack for foiling their parents’ grandest plans and notions

My own kids similarly betrayed their small-city upbringing. Since moving to Manhattan, the three-year-old now has an obsession with yellow taxis

One night, as I lay in bed, completely overwhelmed by how much we had to do, I found myself wondering if I was having a nervous breakdown

Aisling Marron: Real New Yorkers apparently call the Statue of Liberty the Hulk. I have found no evidence of this, but I will report back

In the middle of a bleak lockdown, an opportunity half a world away popped up but doubts lingered

Three days spent in my bedroom, feverish and fatigued, was one of the most relaxing few days I’d had in a long time

You can borrow up to 12 books at a time. All of this for the modest sum of ABSOLUTELY FREE

Ice cream for lunch, swims in the pool, more time with stress-free parents: Holidays are a toddler’s dream

Having checked our bags and cleared security in half an hour, we had to keep the kids entertained for three hours before jetting off

I persist in writing in our plans, even though they invariably, one by one, wind up cancelled

‘Nobody who has just had a baby is unsure of their age. They know it almost down to the day’

After listening to a podcast, I decided I would call my baby ‘my little baby’ at all times

Are the mothers that came before us any more knowledgeable?

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