5 simple ways to stick to your goals
Apparently today is Blue Monday, the third Monday in January which the powers that be claim is the most depressing day of the year. Christmas is over, there’s months to wait before the possibility of another holiday and cracks are starting to show in your [...]
#MySundayPhoto
We used to walk along the beach everyday, but since BB started school the school run takes us in the opposite direction so we don't get down there as often as we used to. This week the sun came out after days of rain and with [...]
3 best creams for stretch marks
They come in all different shapes and sizes and appear when you’re least expecting it. I’m talking about stretch marks - the badge of honour that says ‘I grew a baby’. I was lucky in that I escaped relatively unscathed through both my pregnancies (I [...]
The REAL difference between baby girls and baby boys
I know they say no two babies are the same, but BB and Little B couldn’t be more different. While BB was as good as gold - compliant, undemanding and easy to please – Little B is the total opposite. In every possible way. I’ve [...]
5 easy ways to eat less sugar
Sugar. It’s everywhere, and it’s the new evil if all the headlines are to be believed. I’d never really given it much thought until BB was born and I suddenly found myself thinking about what was in the food I was giving her, but even [...]
#MySundayPhoto
What does the end of a rainbow feel like? That was BB's question when this rainbow formed over the beach huts on an inset day this week. If I had a better camera or knew how to apply a filter properly I could no doubt [...]
Co-sleeping with a baby: should you or shouldn’t you?
This week, at 14 months old, Little B spent a whole night in his cot for the first time ever. He’s been sleeping with us since he was born, first splitting the night between the moses basket and our bed, then between a bedside crib [...]
5 ways running will change your life
When I first took up running, I couldn’t even run for a minute. I’m not joking: my heart felt like it was going to pop out of my throat (or worse, explode) my calves burned and nothing about the process felt like it was doing [...]
How to cope with a grumpy man
Patience Deficit Disorder. That’s what Misery Guts claims to suffer from – totally made up of course. I know I’ve written about how miserable he is before, but I really don’t think the true extent of his grumpiness comes across on the blog. You probably [...]
#MySundayPhoto
We spent the week between Christmas and new year at my mum and dad's house in Dorset, where their village has the most amazing kids' park. There's a choice of swings, several slides, climbing frames and this living tunnel which is as much fun to [...]
2015: the year that was
What a difference a year makes! This time last year Little B was just eight weeks old and BB was making new friends after joining the preschool unit at nursery. Now Little B is a sturdy 14-month-old who thunders around leaving a trail of destruction in his wake, and [...]
Why I can’t imagine anything worse than eating dinner with the kids
They say that families who eat together stay together, but do they really? We don’t eat dinner together on a regular basis because frankly I can’t imagine anything worse than eating dinner with the kids. I don’t want to share my evening meal with a [...]
5 reasons why Christmas is better with kids
I don't know about you, but since having children I do think Christmas is better with kids around. Admittedly there are drawbacks: being woken at dawn isn't so good, day drinking can't quite be the same as it used to be and you can't just pass out on [...]
#MySundayPhoto
After hosting Christmas dinner for the first time as a family we blew the cobwebs away with a Boxing Day walk along the seafront in Hove. A combination of sugar, cabin fever and general excitement saw BB propel herself along the promenade like a whirling [...]
Merry Christmas from Crummy Mummy!
Excuse the royal-esque Christmas message - not to mention the photo - (I couldn't resist) but thought I'd take a minute to wish you all a very merry Christmas! We're staying put and celebrating our first Christmas on our own as a family (it's going swimmingly so [...]
