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Mathilda Mennen

@mathildamennen

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Medical doctor + clinical researcher
PhD candidate @ UCT 🎓
Investigating the gut 🦠 ↔️ heart 🫀 connection
Musician 🪗
Morning person 🌅
Mama ❤️‍🔥

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There are so many mental checklists (nappies, shoes, water, snacks…) and tiny rituals that one starts doing without thinking when you become a parent. Lifting her into the car seat, strapping her in. Toy/book/cracker in hand for distraction. We’ve done it so many times now that buckling her up is such an ordinary part of our day. We do it almost completely on autopilot these days, but tbh, it’s probably one of the single most important things we do. ❤️

Back their future. Buckle up mamas and papas. by @mathildamennen

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A delightful welcome back to the river after too many months away. Sound on and watch ‘til the end.. 🤯🤩❤️

#murmuration #naturewins by @mathildamennen

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Current obsessions:
Surfing - only took me 8 years of living in Muizenberg to start 🫣
The humble orange - can’t get enough of these juicy pockets of sunshine
Building figures in excel for the paper I’m writing - excel is life
Tulips - I want to be a florist in my next life
Our daughter’s toddles 🫠
Windless winter days in Cape Town by @mathildamennen

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Last year around this time we were still anxiously awaiting her arrival. Today she’s curled up in my arms and I feel like the luckiest woman alive. Motherhood has been the ultimate learning curve and simultaneously the most instinctive thing I’ve done. Humbling, hilarious, exhausting, exhilarating. Grateful for every second of it. I hope every mother-figure out there, who nurtures, holds, teaches, comforts and loves our little people, had a happy Mother’s Day. by @mathildamennen

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UK highlights March ‘26 🍻
Sunshine, family, malva pudding, trains, cherry blossoms, Josephine’s first fever, roseola done and dusted, new towns, new trails, new music, old friends, Sunday roasts, more trains and first stamps in Josephine’s passport 🚀 by @mathildamennen

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6 months ago

Couple golden days with family last week in Switzerland. Introducing Josephine to her great grandpa and extended family, discovering new forest trails and eating our weight in cheese fondue. 🤤 Packed for winter but found spring in full swing. Warm sunshine and yellow daffodils sprouting everywhere. by @mathildamennen

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Watching this man become a dad has done things to my heart I can’t neatly explain. Easily the most beautiful thing I’ve seen. You are everything to us. Happy birthday (for yesterday) Papabear ❤️ by @mathildamennen

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7 months ago

Up until this past weekend I never imagined I’d be adding to my life experiences: singing a song to 5500 faces in the most magical music venue in the world with the LOML, and our gorgeous, courageous, hilarious 8 month old watching from the wings. Life, what even. 😂 Did I consider running away as the moment approached? I did. Did I run away? I did not. 🥹 Proud of me, and grateful to have a partner who dreams so big. Josephine, we adore you baby girl. by @mathildamennen

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2025, we can never thank you enough. ❤️‍🔥 by @mathildamennen

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It’s basically Christmas and I still wanted to post these October highlights 😁 It was my last month of maternity leave and we hit the road one more time with our best friend in tow - she’s a natural roadie. We explored the Garden Route from Greyton to Wilderness and everything in between. Wilderness Heights was a standout, tucked away in the forest with all the Knysna loeries. Josephine would burst into spontaneous laughter at the sheer delight of their calls and the thrill of being surrounded by so much greenery. I got my forest fix and Jeremy got his surf fix at Vic bay just 10 min away. Truly the best-of-both destination. And then of course our ultimate retreat at the Duiwenhoks river to end off a golden and unforgettable season. Best maternity leave ever. 🥹🙏🏼 by @mathildamennen

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The Karoo is surely my all time favourite part of South Africa. Spent the last few days exploring Meiringspoort, De Rust, Prince Albert and the Swartberg mountains. Endless horizons, dramatic passes and tiny towns forgotten by time. Streets lined with spekboom and juicy loquats. My soul is fed. 😌✨ by @mathildamennen

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In October we’re taking a whole month off to explore some more of South Africa with our baby girl before we both head back to work. Still finalising our route but it will probably include the Karoo, Garden Route, parts of the Eastern Cape, maybe even the Drakensberg. (We’re looking for quaint accoms, send recommendations if you have!🙏🏼)

On the topic of roadtripping, it’s child passenger safety awareness week this week, so I’d like to make a special shout out to @maxicosisa for helping us turn our family road trips into safe adventures. The only way we could do it with peace of mind is knowing she’s strapped in safely and comfortably. She’s already learned to love snoozing in her seat (shout out also to The Happy Song, IYKYK), and when she wakes up, to watch treetops and streetlights speed past and listen to our voices up front.

Seeing the world afresh through our sweetie pie’s eyes is a trip of a lifetime. Long live the adventure. ✨ by @mathildamennen

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