Easter basket gift ideas for under £10
Putting together an Easter basket or two - (or three in my case)? Wondering what to put in them without spending too much money? Then I have just the thing! I'm not quite sure when Easter baskets became a thing - we didn't have them [...]
#MySundaySnapshot
#MySundaySnapshot this week comes from Morocco, where Misery Guts is running the Marathon des Sables, a 150 mile foot race across the Sahara Desert. It turns out there are worse places I could be waiting for him to emerge - and if you're going to [...]
How to make an Easter tree in 5 easy steps
Noticed lots of Insta-perfect and Pinterest-worthy images of Easter trees popping up? Wondering how to go about making one yourself? Then read on! Easter trees are everywhere you look at Easter nowadays - in shop windows, on the pages of glossy magazines and all over [...]
10 survival tips when flying solo with your kids
I don’t mean flying in the literal sense, I mean when your other half is away for more than just a day or two. At the time of writing I’ve been the sole parent in charge of three little people for four days owing to [...]
How to reset your body clock for a restful night’s sleep
So the clocks have gone forward and we’ve sprung into spring. Everyone goes on about what it does to our little people’s body clocks – and it does – but what about us grown-ups? The fact is it’s not just our little darlings the clocks [...]
#MySundaySnapshot
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. That should be the title of #MySundaySnapshot this week - my three little monkeys doing what they do best: being monkeys. I'm flying solo this week after Misery Guts left for Morocco to take part in [...]
10 tongue-in-cheek ways I’m dealing with my husband’s mid-life crisis
Growing a beard, taking up an extreme sport and suddenly popping vitamin pills. Those are among the top 40 signs a man is having a mid-life crisis if research is to be believed, and Misery Guts ticks all three boxes. It all started three years [...]
Finding me again with a little help from Hotpod Yoga Worthing
Ever wonder who you are? Other than a mum - or dad - I mean? It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, ever since I gave up breastfeeding for what will probably be the last time. I know I’m still a mother first [...]
Is a ban on smacking really necessary?
Hands up who smacks their child? I bet if you were to put 100 parents in a room and ask them that question not many - if any - would raise a hand. It's not currently illegal for a parent to smack their child where [...]
#MySundaySnapshot
#MySundaySnapshot this week comes from Kingston Lacy, a National Trust property in Dorset near where my parents live. We've visited a lot over the years and have pictures of all three children running on the lawn (not all at the same time though, that would [...]
Prepping for an African Adventure with Simply Beach
It’s known as the exotic country on Europe’s doorstep boasting luxurious retreats, elaborate architecture and breath-taking scenery. Morocco is billed as a dream holiday destination and I’m off there in a couple of weeks - and the truth is I’m absolutely petrified! Next month I’ll [...]
Why I decided to try painting with my boobs
Yes, you did read that correctly: bonkers as it sounds, I am among a growing band of women who have had a go at painting with my boobs. And I don’t mean in the comfort of my own home, either – I mean in a [...]
Keeping my family safe with Fairy Non Bio’s new child-lock system #ad
Seven years. That’s how long I’ve now been a mum for, and a lot has changed in that time. I don’t just mean the addition of grey hair and bags under my eyes, I mean little things that have helped make this parenting malarkey just [...]
#MySundaySnapshot
#MySundaySnapshot this week is one of (many) out takes from this year's Mother's Day gift guide: my little superman with a keepsake name print we were very kindly sent for inclusion in the guide. Getting all three kids to pose (nicely) with their name print [...]
10 things you should never say to a work-at-home mum!
As a mum there are lots of things that make my blood boil: non-parents parking in parent and child parking spaces, Topsy and Tim's smug mum and Piers Morgan talking about the 'pushchair brigade' to name but a few. But nothing makes my blood boil [...]
