I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.

I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's this charged combination of stress and joy and anxiety and excitement. When they're away, you've got a sudden loss of purpose and this ever-present fear about the kid's welfare. The departure of our children from our nest is not an easy thing.

I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.

When you're breastfeeding a child, you don't have the same retention as you do when you're not.