10 clever ways to save money on Christmas gifts
They say nothing in life is free, but actually it is. Did you know there are websites out there where you can claim completely free products from beauty items to food to toys? With the arrival of baby number three on Valentine’s Day and having [...]
Type 1 diabetes and us
'I feel like I've beaten diabetes'. That's what Misery Guts said to me when he crossed the finish line of a 66 mile ultra marathon around the Isle of Wight. I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. And I don't [...]
#MySundayPhoto
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? #MySundayPhoto this week might look like a nice scene of a cloudy blue sky but it's actually Misery Guts who took it upon himself to jump out of a plane at 15,000 feet up in the air [...]
10 alternative uses for a baby wipe!
The other day I got the chance to enjoy one of those very rare things: a lunch out with the girls to which no children or partners were invited. What has this got to do with baby wipes I hear you cry? Well, read on. [...]
The best non-chocolate advent calendars
Is anyone else bored of the same old boring snoring chocolate advent calendars? Last year I bought BB and Little B chocolate advent calendars with their favourite characters on the front only to find exactly the same chocolates behind exactly the same door in each [...]
7 amazing uses for breast milk
Breast milk. They call it liquid gold, and it turns out it really is. Having exclusively breastfed all three of my babies I’ve discovered there’s so much more you can do with it than just feeding a baby. After advising a friend who’s just started [...]
#MySundayPhoto
Can you spot the pumpkin? It was Littlest B's first Halloween this year and I couldn't resist dressing her up in this tutu-inspired pumpkin outfit I found in Tesco. It took a while to get a good shot and this is one of the out-takes [...]
Win a month’s supply of Little Dish toddler meals!
If you’re a regular follower of the blog then you’ll know we’re big fans of toddler's healthy food brand Little Dish. From their healthy on-the-go snacks to their toddler soups and their school night-friendly ready meals, as a working mum they’re a go-to brand for [...]
8 tell-tale signs you’re turning into THAT family
THAT family. You know the ones I mean. The ones you can hear coming before you can see them. The ones who cause some sort of disturbance as soon as they enter a room. The ones you swore you'd never become. Well we've turned into [...]
5 reasons I’ll be shopping at Lidl this Christmas
Where do you usually do your Christmas shop? Tesco? Sainsbury’s? Or do you ‘push the boat’ out because it’s Christmas and go somewhere a bit more upmarket? We get our turkey from our local butcher but everything else comes from the supermarket – and this [...]
#MySundayPhoto
Looking at my social media feed I often think people would be forgiven for thinking I just have two daughters because Little B doesn't feature too often. #MySundayPhoto is a perfect example of why: if I try to get him to pose for a photo [...]
10 things all parents need to know about threenagers
‘Don’t get them wet or feed them after midnight’. Those are just some of the words of wisdom I’ve been given as we prepare to enter the dreaded threenage years – and it’s fair to say I’m quaking in my boots. Little B is about [...]
‘I don’t know how I do it’
People often say to me they don’t know how I do it. The truth is I don’t know how I do it either. This was driven home to me when we left BB and Little B with my mum and dad for a few days [...]
5 easy ways to make handwriting fun
Ink cartridges, fountain pens and blotting paper. They may sound like something out of the dark ages, but that's what I used when I learnt to write. And it really wasn't that long ago. Honest. I used to love the whole routine of it: putting [...]
#MySundayPhoto
So we've survived the first week of our two week half term. Largely due to the timely arrival of this little toy - a My First Scalextric set, which we were sent to review. Both BB and Little B have literally spent hours playing with [...]
