Katharine Merry's confessions of a new mum - Katharine Merry

Katharine Merry's confessions of a new mum

Former international sprinter and Olympic medalist Katharine Merry is a regular commentator on BBC TV and Radio, Sky TV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 and has mentored some of the UK's most talented athletes. But, with the recent arrival of baby Lucas, she faces an even stiffer challenge. In her open and honest blog Katharine shares the hopes, fears and daily surprises of life as a new mum

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Katharine Merry's son Lucas in his christening suit

Hasn't he grown!

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Recent blog posts

Feb 24

Post-pregnancy fitness and my boy's first birthday

Our son has turned one, the big milestone where he has reached a full number! Who would have thought this first year would fly by. With Christmas out of the way all my attention was turned to his birthday and we had a great day. I was working the day before his birthday on the Aviva Grand Prix...

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Feb 02

Fortnightly shoe buying? I don't think so!

Happy New Year everyone. I know it is a little belated, but I do hope you had a great festive time. It’s fair to say Lucas enjoyed his first Christmas - if you can call it that, being like every other day for him! He had, at this age of course, no interest in the presents, all he wanted to do...

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Dec 23

Finding his feet

The time continues to fly by and Christmas rapidly approaches. The major event this week though has been Lucas finding his feet, literally. He has been crawling for a couple of months and standing unaided for a couple weeks, so taking his first steps was always on the horizon. A few days of...

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Dec 05

Each day brings new things

Another busy week in the world of Lucas and Mummy. For Lucas each day brings new things. It must be so much fun learning and discovering. This week as he cruises around the furniture and starts to get brave enough to walk he is finding a lot more things he shouldn’t be playing...

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Nov 18

Family holidays and first haircuts

It took some organising but we just had a great weekend at Center Parcs in Longleat. There were seven of the family in total venturing out for a weekend taking with us everything but the kitchen sink! I packed far too much stuff for Lucas, covering all eventualities that were never going to happen...

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Nov 04

First steps towards walking

Given myself and my partner are not ones to sit down for more than five minutes I should have predicted our son would be much the same... he continues to love whizzing around the house on his hands and feet although this week decided to step it up a gear, literally. He has been a fan of his walker...

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Oct 07

Mastering the logistics of crawling

Lucas just wants to stand all the time now. This is nice to see but a pain when you want him to sit still in one place! No chance of that happening now as the penny has dropped and he has worked out the logistics of crawling. It was lovely to see him working it out over a few days. He...

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Sep 29

Blimey where has the time gone?!

I said to my partner - do not Lucas have any milestones when I am away working at the World Athletic Championships in Daegu! Do not let anything happen so that I miss it! Unfortunately Lucas’s teeth had a different plan and just before I came home the front two bottom teeth made an...

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Sep 19

When in different time zones...

So the World Athletics Championships are in full swing out here in Daegu and what a whirlwind it has been! I am out here working for Channel 4 as part of their coverage team, there is both the live coverage and a daily highlights show to accommodate the eight hour time difference so its been pretty...

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Aug 22

One lucky Mum

So much happens sometimes I forget what day it is! That has happened to me a few times recently. The joy and tiredness of me being a busy working Mum. All is good though. Lucas continues to do great. The only thing with have been battling is his eczema. Lucas developed this from very early on and...

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