My Child and Other Mistakes: The hilarious and heart-warming motherhood memoir from the comedy star

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That said, she also successfully manages to ensure that the writing feels easy to connect to and is consistently humorous, and therefore, not a difficult read. She briefly discusses miscarriage, relaying the story of a friend who had sadly experienced it, however, for readers who may be impacted by this story, Taylor gives prior warning so that those readers can skip on a few pages to avoid reading.

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Ellie has a fun and friendly narrative throughout whilst still highlighting important issues (miscarriage, post labour care, PND) and even more importantly being honest when she is not well informed in certain areas.I don’t spend our time away from one another in lovelorn misery but rather I end the day with a bubbly Christmas Eve sense of excitement as I go to collect her. In my new life, TDSY (The Dry Shampoo Years), my main aim this week is to try and get Ratbag to eat a raspberry. I’m no book reader and if I do, it has to be a terrifying horror to keep me interested but this is just epic!

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There is definitely room for a genuine, warm, funny “nobody told me” style narrative on conception, pregnancy and new motherhood but for me, this didn’t nail it. Ellie Taylor: ‘Even At The Worst Of My Nursery Anxiety, I’ve Tried To Bat Away The Temptation To Be Drawn Into The “Mum Guilt” Narrative’ In an exclusive extract of her book, My Child And Other Mistakes, Ellie Taylor tackles childcare. When further talking about having a baby, Ellie said, “It’s the most commonplace, unexciting lifechoice to make.It’s safe to say that having a child destroys your life and ruins everything that you previously enjoyed.

My Child and Other Mistakes Ellie Taylor on her new book, My Child and Other Mistakes

Yes, having my daughter has made me less overtly self-obsessed, but that’s largely due to me being so busy nurturing the piece of myself that is within her. As a couple, having a child has forced us to reevaluate everything we had previously thought set in cement. Regardless, even if you think it won’t be relatable to you, I still recommend it for Ellie’s audio performance. I guess an important preface is that I am an Ellie Taylor fan, and not just a fan but often accidentally the same person.My body has incubated, born and nourished my favourite thing in the world, so the least I can do is cut the trash talk. When parents make choices for their child and are over-involved in their lives, children learn that they can’t trust themselves and grow up believing that others always know better. Children and teens spend lots of time online for school and leisure, which can be a worry for parents.