How to deal with defiant children
Instagram followers will know we’ve recently returned from Spain, where it’s fair to say Little B really tested our patience on the behaviour front (imagine the highest-pitch screeching you can when he doesn't get what he wants, times it by 10 and you're almost there). [...]
WIN one of 5 video cameras & Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons!
Picture the scene: it was an average working weekday - I think it was raining - and I really wasn’t in the mood when an intriguing looking email with the words 'Cadbury', 'Channel Mum' and 'vlog' in the subject line popped into my inbox. Would [...]
How not to lose a child (or two!)
After writing about how not to lose the back to school plot I thought I’d continue the theme with how not to lose a child (or two), which is slightly more important (although only marginally depending on your point of view!) In all seriousness though, [...]
How not to lose the back to school plot
Does taking a ticket in the children's section of a shoe shop only to find the world and his or her screaming brat are in the queue in front of you while the baby swipes at the shelves from the pushchair sound familiar? Or arriving in a back to [...]
#MySundayPhoto
Choosing which photo to share for #MySundayPhoto this week was a no-brainer - our first photo of baby number three after I was finally able to reveal our little secret! Admittedly it's not the clearest image in the world (BB thought it was a picture of our [...]
I’m pregnant!
We've been harbouring a little secret in our house: I'm pregnant and baby number three is on the way! It's a relief to finally be able to let the cat out of the bag - due to our history of miscarriage we wanted to wait until we [...]
Hoburne Holidays: an honest review by a knackered mum
Eleven months, 13 days and about four hours. That was the last time we had a holiday, a proper get-away-from-home-for-a-week holiday. After 21 months of breastfeeding Little B at all hours of the day and night while juggling work and a four-year-old, I don't think I've [...]
#MySundayPhoto
Last weekend it was our sixth wedding anniversary so we took the kids into London to show them where mummy and daddy got married. BB also wanted to see Buckingham Palace as she's recently watched the BFG at school and knows all about Sophie visiting [...]
An Ode to my nursing bras
After 20 long months I’ve decided it’s time to stop breastfeeding Little B. He’s never slept through the night, and I’ve come to the conclusion he’s not going to until he’s weaned off the boob. Over the last few months I’ve been slowly cutting out [...]
Why my allotment makes me a better mum
Regular readers will know that about 18 months ago we finally got to the top of the allotment waiting list in our area. It was great fun at first, but what was supposed to be a family project where we could spend quality time together [...]
#MySundayPhoto
Six years ago today I became Mrs Misery Guts so I thought I'd share one of our wedding photos for #MySundayPhoto this week. We were married on July 17th 2010 in the crypt at St Paul's Cathedral in London (I won't bore you with the [...]
5 reasons apps for kids are a good idea
I’ve always been a bit anti technology aimed at kids (apart from the TV, which as a stay-and-work-at-home-mum I couldn’t survive without, and therefore doesn’t count). We don’t have DVD players strapped to the back of our headrests in the car, the kids don’t have [...]
Poor Sam Cam
Poor Sam Cam. Those are three words I never thought I’d write. One minute her husband will be standing down as Prime Minister in three months’ time, the next he’s standing down as Prime Minister next week and there’s less than seven days to move [...]
We’ve got a puppy!
We’ve got a puppy! Her name is Rosie, she’s got the most adorable floppy ears and she’s turning out to be as good as gold – so the perfect family pet! Admittedly she’s wooden, but let’s not let the truth get in the way of [...]
#MySundayPhoto
This weekend we went to a wedding in a tepee at Hitchin Lavender Farm, a pick-your-own farm in Hertfordshire where you can pick your own lavender. The tepee looked on to the lavender fields, which came into their own in the evening when the farm was [...]
