Parenting posts
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when you’re solo parenting your children will be up multiple times in the night and then wake up obnoxiously early. I once wrote about a solo parenting weekend. I don’t do them that often; less than a lot of people, and definitely less than the wonder women (and men, of course) who do […]
8 things that happen when parenting solo Read More >>
Car naps are a big pile of crap. I don’t mean when you have a baby. When you have a baby, the car nap is bliss. If your baby is one of those screamy won’t-sleep-in-the-cot types, it can be your saviour. Strap them in screaming and by the time you hit the motorway, they’ll probably be flat out giving you
We need to talk about car naps: When leaving the house is a dangerous game Read More >>
I have, several times, tentatively alluded to the fact that we’ve been potty training the small one. It started when we were trapped in by the snow and we figured there wasn’t much else to do, so why not. I never really wanted to make a big deal of it because there’s always the chance that after a good few
No more nappies: The end of toddlerhood Read More >>
The weekend before last, I went out on the Friday night. Nothing fancy; just Wetherspoons so really quite the opposite. I (predictably) drank too much wine. The next day, I thought I was actually going to die. Turns out though, it wasn’t actually just a massive hangover or lack of sleep (although I am sure it contributed) but something far,
Two weeks with the plague: A whole family with the flu Read More >>
I have been dreading this inevitable turn of events for a long time. I am of course talking about the death of the nap. My smallest – now two years and eight months, or 32 months if you’re weird – has decided he is done. He is dropping the nap like it’s hot. Over the last few months, daytime naps
How to cope when your toddler drops their nap Read More >>
I feel like I can post this today, because today, everything is OK. We’re getting along. There’s no screaming, only a little bit of arguing, and I am feeling positive. Yesterday though… I don’t like you mummy! Ah, my favourite wake up call. I want daddy! I don’t like YOU! Its the same most mornings, all the way through breakfast.
Today, parenting preschoolers is kicking my arse Read More >>
After my buddy Sam made these awesome alternative milestone cards for babies, we thought we’d try our hand at creating funny milestone cards for new mums! Based on a post I wrote for another website a long time ago, these cards don’t celebrate the usual milestones for babies, but instead are there to immortalise the little milestones hit by the
Milestone cards for new mums – FREE printable! Read More >>
It’s Mother’s Day; hopefully this means that if you’re a mother you are still in bed, or if it’s past 10am, being wined and dined by your loving children (and proper food, not just Play Doh). Hopefully you got something nice in additional to a beautiful homemade card that you have to keep forever (even if it definitely isn’t their
In celebration of mothers on Mother’s Day Read More >>
Me: Gro Clocks are shit! They do nothing! They are useless. WORSE than useless. They fill you with false hope; as that smug little sun winks at you, you think maybe, just maybe tonight will be the night! It will sink in and they’ll Stay. In. Bed. But they inevitably don’t and you’re left full of woe and a tiredness
A tale of two Gro-Clocks Read More >>
Those of you who follow this blog will be unsurprised to learn that I am not a huge fan of snow, what with it basically being very cold water. I am not into being cold or wet, and given a choice of snow or a sunny spring day I would (obviously) choose the latter 100% of the time. We aren’t
Snow joke: Seven reasons to love a snow day Read More >>
