I live in Hertford with my husband and three-year-old son, Ren, and five-month-old baby girl, Nova. I founded JYW because I’m sick and tired of feeling like I’m falling short and living with crippling anxiety made worse by the ‘just you waiters’ out there.

And if I feel this way, I’m sure other mums out there do too.

When I became a mum in 2021, I was overwhelmed by the amount of information I was flooded with on social media, yet I still felt like no one really told me what to expect when welcoming a new baby. I felt like as my heart grew fit to burst with love and this newfound purpose, so did my anxiety. I was suddenly presented with a new list of worries that made all that came before seem absolutely ridiculous.

As I trudged through the fog of the fourth trimester, my gorgeous baby strapped to my chest 24 hours a day, frantically googling wake windows, reflux, dairy allergies, poo colours, sensory ideas, tongue tie, etc, etc etc… there was so much about my experience I wanted to share. However, muddling through life with a newborn baby meant I never found the time (or confidence) to do it.

I’ve somehow made a living from my impressive ability to talk far too much and have been putting pen to paper as a writer for the past 12 years. So with two postpartum experiences under my belt and armed with a list of topics I’ve always wanted to write about, I’m finally launching just you wait.

just you wait is a place for honest parents. It’s somewhere for me to lighten my own mental load by sharing my experiences and the feelings that come with them and hopefully a place that makes you feel less alone, less insane and less of a failure as you navigate parenthood.

So, welcome to my chaos, I hope you find some solidarity here!