{"id":91346,"date":"2016-08-17T13:12:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T13:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=91346"},"modified":"2016-11-08T10:13:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T10:13:38","slug":"take-5-with-anna-whitehouse-mother-pukka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/take-5-with-anna-whitehouse-mother-pukka\/","title":{"rendered":"TAKE 5 with Anna Whitehouse Mother Pukka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a quick 5-minute interview with\u00a0Anna Whitehouse who chats to us about not being the stereotypical mummy blogger, why her\u00a0blog is for ‘people who happen to be parents’, and how she likes to work with PRs.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Why did you decide to start blogging?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was feeling shoe-boxed as a mother; I felt the minute we hoofed out a kid, brands and the media had decided we\u2019d act a certain way and wear certain things. I just felt there was room at the inn for all kinds of folk and not everyone was being made welcome by the powers that be whether mum boss, mum don\u2019t-give-a-toss, eco warrior, fish \u2018n\u2019 chip muncher, gym\/gin bunny, stay at home\/stay at work mother, this is one big parental party and everyone\u2019s invited. The one thing that unites us is laughter; laughing through the madness and that\u2019s why I set Mother Pukka up. To laugh more than I was crying.<\/p>\n

Why a blog for ‘people who happen to be parents’?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because I felt there was more to parental life than musing over what breast pump to use. The common denominator across parenthood wasn\u2019t the choice of Aveeno bottle teat; it was those moments when you accidentally dropped your iPhone on your baby\u2019s head online shopping. It\u2019s the human moments; the humorous human moments \u2013 whether you\u2019re a teenager laughing about a hangover or a parent snorting tea through nose laughing about a leaky nipple through a grey marl T-shirt.<\/p>\n

Who or what inspires you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My mum (@grandmother_pukka). She\u2019s Dutch and never had brakes on her bike. She taught me to do things my way \u2013 even if it didn\u2019t please everyone.<\/p>\n

What is your pitch to PRs? How would you prefer to be contacted by them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love an email or a quick chat on the phone. Lunches have worked well to get the right content for both parties, too. I just like people.<\/p>\n

Where would you like to see your blog in one year from now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Making a stash of cash so I can eventually retire in Bognor Regis, drinking milky tea on the coast in a pastel-hued shellsuit. The dream.<\/p>\n

Follow Anna\u00a0on Twitter\u00a0@mother_pukka<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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