5 fashion tips for breastfeeding mums
Now I don’t pretend to know much – if anything - about fashion, but having breastfed for a combined total of four years and counting I do know quite a lot about nursing clothes. Mainly that they're to be avoided at all costs. I’m now [...]
How to travel with a baby and stay (relatively) sane
‘Let’s stay close to home this year.’ Like many new parents, when it comes to holidays that’s what Misery Guts and I have said to each other after the births of both baby number one and baby number two. The thought of packing everything we might [...]
Fun ways to get kids to eat more veg #ad
Forget 5-a-day. We should be eating 10-a-day if the latest research is to be believed. The trouble is that’s easier said than done if you’ve got picky eaters on your hands. In our house it’s not fruit that’s the problem – if anything BB and [...]
Confessions of a third time mum
I've got a confession. Rather a lot of them in fact. It's been almost a month since Littlest B graced us with her presence and with Misery Guts back at work and my mum back at home I'm well and truly outnumbered now I'm a [...]
5 gym essentials for new mums
It’s been almost a month since Littlest B was born and I can’t wait to put my trainers back on. I gave myself a month ‘off’ exercise after both BB and Little B were born, and having done the same this time too I’m planning [...]
5 of the best no-cook baby weaning foods
Forget rusks and biscuits. Today’s babies are more likely to be weaned onto rice cakes and avocados if the latest research by baby snack brand Kiddylicious is anything to go by. Apparently 18% more children are being given rice cakes as a first finger food [...]
Our new look starring our Valentine’s Day baby!
Drum roll please...we've had a makeover! Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed we're sporting a brand new header at the top of the blog featuring all five members of our newly expanded family for the very first time! The new design by the ever talented Ellie [...]
5 things I hate about World Book Day
World Book Day. I don’t know about you, but those three little words are enough to make my heart sink and have me reaching for the wine. I know it's designed to get kids reading and I know it's a charity initiative all in a [...]
Things they don’t tell you about the first week of breastfeeding
Don't worry, this isn't going to be one of those posts featuring horror stories about bleeding nipples and mastitis. Well, it does include bleeding nipples, but not in the way you might think. Like my post on the funny things they don't tell you about childbirth, this is instead [...]
Topsy & Tim’s mum: I take back everything I said
‘Twintastically smug and perfect’. That’s just one of the (many) criticisms I’ve levelled at Topsy & Tim’s mum in the past. Not so long ago she made it onto my list of top five kids’ characters who make me want to scream - alongside Mog’s [...]
The 10 best things about not being pregnant
What you can and can't eat, what you can and can't drink and the general inconvenience of it all. It's fair to say I'm not one of those people who enjoys being pregnant. With the exception of feeling those little kicks and the second trimester [...]
Funny things they don’t tell you about childbirth
Don't panic, this isn't one of those posts featuring horror stories about childbirth. Instead it's a collection of random things I've noticed in the aftermath of the three times I've given birth, most recently following the arrival of our Valentine's Day baby. That said though, while I usually [...]
Why I was right not to write a birth plan
It turns out I was right not to write a birth plan. After considering the pros and cons of writing one, and wanting the 'perfect' birth like last time but fearing writing my hopes down would mean the opposite would happen, I left the page completely blank [...]
Our Valentine’s Day baby!
As Valentine's Day presents go my gift this year has to be the best yet - none other than a Valentine's Day baby! And...it's a girl! I'm so pleased to be able to announce the arrival of our third baby Marigold May in the early hours [...]
How to teach your child to love good food #ad
Chicken fingers, potato waffles and baked beans. I don’t know about you, but when it comes to feeding the kids I rely on the top shelf of our freezer far more than I care to admit. While there’s nothing wrong with chicken fingers, potato waffles [...]
