Tuesday Ten #16
A Quickish-Fire Edition
Ten questions, every Tuesday, always at 10PM it seems!
1. What mindset guided you through your career
Love this question. One of adaptability, curiosity, confidence, trusting my gut and being solutions oriented! How about you?
2. One must have pregnancy wear item
These trackies! I still wear them all the time, although I need to get a smaller size now! L was perfect pregnant.
3. May I please ask where your kitchen tap is from?
It’s Francone, who do the most incredible brass taps that are totally customisable. We’ve gone for this one in unlacquered polished nickel with droplet handles. Have a look at Leanne’s mixed metal ones, which are megaaa!
4. Post-partum must haves
Help - Take all of it, without justification. It takes a village and there’s no prize for being a martyr
Food - Roast chickens, frozen meals, loads of snacks always within reach
Frida shorts - and anything that makes your nether regions more comfortable (I injured my coccyx during birth so a cushion was non-negotiable for me). I always try to opt for organic pads too
AI Chat! - I leaned on Claude so much for everything from my own symptoms to anything Cosmo did that I wasn’t sure about - which in those early weeks was basically everything
5. What age was Cosmo when you had time to start exercising again? Newborn trenches
I was signed off by my physio at five weeks so I started then for about a month, but then I think sleep deteriorated, I got a back injury and so I gave up and am only just getting back to it a bit around six / seven months now!
Honestly, I’m not sure I’ll ever ‘have time’, but I can make time! Even if it’s 10 minutes (saying this to myself too!). Being a mother is very physical with all the lifting, carrying and bouncing so I feel like I need to gain strength to prevent injury. Sending love + solidarity!
Beyond the paywall this week: How to make a new-build look chic, spring jackets, baby items, a dream purchase for our home and what I’m doing with my wedding dress(es)