Parenting posts
As those of you who follow me over on Facebook will know, about a month ago, we finally braved it and put the kids in together. Yes, the toddler and the baby are now officially sharing a bedroom. This was always the intention; we live in a two bedroom house so it needed to happen eventually. However given that neither […]
Co-“sleeping”: Sounds lovely, is in fact impossible (and painful) Read More >>
…To all the parents who have eaten the majority of their children’s chocolate already. Remember, you are doing the nation’s childhood obesity crisis a favour and your children will come to thank you for it one day. As is tradition, the grandparents went all out and supplied these two with more chocolate than a two year old and a baby
Below is a picture of my son at about seven months old, sitting in his buggy. He hasn’t really used it a lot due to the fact that, up until three months before this photo was taken, he still screamed pretty much non-stop unless he was in the sling and even after that it was touch and go. Happily, as
After a hideous iphone-meet-water close shave, we decided to buy an external hard drive to store all of our photos and videos. Consequently, I have begun the painstaking process of going through every photo we have stored on the family computer and categorising each one individually. There is a lot of it to sift through and it goes back a
10 ways that having a small child is a bit like being a teenager Read More >>
I don’t often post things that could be misconstrued as boastful, but on Friday, we (me and the kids, two on one. Where is my medal?) had what I would call a really good day trip to the farm. By really good, I mean we got going almost on time, there were no traffic jams or delays, and the small
Eight things I learned at the farm Read More >>
I was having a conversation recently with a friend who, upon seeing a lot of things listed in a local selling group because ‘baby didn’t like it’, mused that she had not met a baby who could adequately form an opinion on a carrycot or Moses basket at three weeks old. I have. I know these parents. I was one
Slings and things: Babywearing and why it will save your sanity Read More >>
Just a short one today before I get taken out for my slap up Mothering Sunday lunch (That’s a lie. Although the in laws are visiting so I might get to sit without a child touching me for a while so that will be nice). I am a very lucky mummy today. I have two lovely, happy, healthy children. They
Happy Mother’s Day Read More >>
As I write this, from what I am sure is to be my death bed (I promise, I am totally not being over dramatic), I am trying to remember when everyone in this house was last fighting fit. It seems a very long time ago indeed. If it isn’t one child or the other suffering from the side effects of teething,
Snot fun (it really isn’t): Toddler illness. Urgh Read More >>
A friend of mine, possibly suffering from the same kind of parenting guilt that plagues us all from time to time, recently asked on an online forum… What do other stay at home parents do with their children all day? If she was looking to be reassured (as I was) that leaving the house with two children under three deserves
Fair weather parent: My daily routine with a toddler and a baby Read More >>
Most women who’ve just given birth, with the notable exception of celebrities, tend to leave hospital – shock horror – a few pounds heavier than when they got pregnant. You can’t have failed to note the furore that surrounded poor old Kate Middleton when she dared to leave the hospital – in heels and a daringly light outfit, and probably
Mummy’s hangry: Post pregnancy dieting Read More >>
