Parenting posts
The last month has been action-packed. As the eagle-eyed Instagram followers among you (or the seven that actually see my pictures, cheers IG) will know, I was away in Manchester for a weekend in May, and then after one night at home I went off to Paris on a childfree jolly to celebrate a friend’s birthday, where I ate food, […]
Mum v child: The puke edition Read More >>
It’s hot. Oh, so hot. The bastard birds and brilliant 4.30am sunlight have woken up everyone at the arsecrack of dawn and you have a sweaty little interloper in your bed acting like a violent hot water bottle. Tired, grumpy and perspiring, today is not the day for adventures. Way too much boob sweat. Today is the day for making
The heat is on: The life cycle of a paddling pool Read More >>
In case you missed it, the biggest vote of the year has taken place (ahem) with shocking results. According to Families UK, the children’s TV presenters which mums are most likely to have a crush on, as voted for by apparently sex-starved, desperate mothers across the UK were these: 1) Dr Ranj Singh 2) Ben Faulks (Mr Bloom) 3) Andy Day
The top ten children’s TV presenters as voted by unstable mothers Read More >>
Today we popped to the garden centre because that is basically what you do when you have kids. We had absolutely zero intention of buying any plants – don’t be silly, I don’t need more things to keep alive – but they have a cafe, a play area, and fish…and that’s classed as a day out in this family. We
The gang goes to Ikea for a lovely family day out Read More >>
Last weekend, I went north to the wonderful city of Manchester to attend BlogOn. If you’re a blogger, you’ll know what I’m on about. If you aren’t, it’s a blogging conference. I first met Laura of BlogOn-founding fame during my trip to Paris in November, and she sold it to me there and then. I can’t put my finger on it,
A mums’ weekend away: The inevitable truths Read More >>
As you know, we have an extension looming, requiring the imminent demolition of all our storage space. We also have a house full to bursting with baby stuff, and no babies. It’s time to de-baby the house. Once you have reached a certain age, most of your friends are on to their second children and have wised up to the
The NCT sale: Ditching the baby sh!t Read More >>
It is one of the mysteries of parenting that we are so encouraging of the whole learning-to-speak thing. Yes, life is a little easier when they can articulate their wants and needs. No, it does not make it easier to reason with them; they are small children and therefore entirely unreasonable. Yes, it can make you want to smash your
Learning to talk and beyond: From first words to all the whys Read More >>
Yesterday morning at around five to seven, I was lying in bed when my children both giggled their way into the room. I wasn’t asleep; in fact I’d been awake since about three am with horrendous acid. Heartburn struck me down pretty much the instant I got pregnant with the big one and then never went away. I suspect it’s
4:23am: The sleep update or why I am VERY tired today Read More >>
I admit that, before I had kids, I did kind of judge the use of dummies. Not vocally; I’m not a complete arsehole. But I didn’t like the look of them and I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be using them. But then, as you know, my first baby was born and she was an actual real life baby who
Don’t be a dummy: Ditching the pacifiers Read More >>
So the Easter holidays are almost over for us, and good golly, aren’t they unnecessarily long? I’m sure for teachers, they’re fabulous. If I were a teacher I would live for the holidays, undoubtedly. For students, especially ones old enough to drink, they’re pretty damn great. But for parents, they’re just crap. Now I can see you have a slightly
Parenting mistakes I’ve made this holiday Read More >>
