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3 weeks ago | 
inews.co.uk | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
I’m lying in bed, my hand on my baby son’s chest, measuring his respiratory rate. One, two, three, four. My palm rises with each breath. Five, six, seven, eight. With my other hand, I’m googling: “what is the average respiratory rate for a nine-month-old? Nine, 10, 11, 12. And then, of course, I lose count and have to start again. One, two, three, four. This goes on for another half-an-hour until I’m sure my baby is breathing normally.
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3 weeks ago | 
aol.co.uk | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
‘Alexlilly1999* has left you feedback!” pings the Vinted notification. My stomach flips as the app loads and I open my review: “Quite good.” A gut punch. I sit in shock, scrutinising the words in front of me. “Good” is a bit uninspired but “quite” feels both passive-aggressive and viciously spiteful: quite good. Alexlilly1999 has also given me just four stars. It’s a lukewarm write-up considering the dress I sold them was good quality, a brilliant price and shipped quickly. I glare at the review.
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1 month ago | 
ca.style.yahoo.com | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
Who carries the heaviest mental load – Chloë or Stuart? Composite: Guardian Design; Sonja Horsman; GK Hart;279photo;Asya_mix/Getty ImagesIt starts with a discussion in the car, prompted by the washing up. It wasn’t done that morning. The laundry needs hanging up, too, and someone has forgotten to make the packed lunches. We need to pay the dog walker, fix the broken bath panel, work out why our toddler has started waking in the night and book our youngest in for a haircut.
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2 months ago | 
ca.style.yahoo.com | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
‘I’m immeasurably calmer now’ … Chloë Hamilton with her eldest son, Fabian.Photograph: Chloë HamiltonMy phone vibrates itself awake, disturbing my baby, who has only just dropped off after an hour of my shushing in the hazy, sepia-toned dark of the early hours. It’s a WhatsApp message from a mum friend. Another buzz signals another message. And then another one. Everyone is up. Everyone – and every baby – is sleepless. Everyone is typing.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
msn.com | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
msn.com | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
msn.com | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
aol.co.uk | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
My friend walks into the village hall, scene of my son’s third birthday party, a mixture of panic and incredulity creeping across his face. “I didn’t realise we were dressing up,” he says, taking in my outfit. I feel myself blush. I’m wearing a mint-green tulle midi dress with sheer sleeves that balloon precociously and a tiered skirt that puffs out in such a way as to give me the appearance of either a Quality Street or a three-year-old at her own birthday party.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
msn.com | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
ca.style.yahoo.com | Chloe Hamilton |Chloë Hamilton
The Jellycat section of Scotsdales in Great Shelford is 216 cubic feet of sensory overload. The brightly coloured, charmingly quirky toys fill floor-to-ceiling shelves in this Cambridgeshire garden centre, plastic eyes staring, stitched smiles beaming. There are plushly soft teddies and bunnies and cows and giraffes, but also boiled eggs in sunglasses and tennis balls with arms. Side by side they sit, a strange, soft communion, begging to be picked up and cuddled.
