Things I wish I’d known as a new mum
They say confidence comes with age, but as far as parenthood is concerned for me confidence came with each sleepless night, each explosive poonami and each temperature-fuelled bug I dealt with. This is me with an eight-week-old BB in 2011, wet behind the ears (me, [...]
What to look for when buying a family car
Did you suddenly start looking at things in a different light when you became a parent? I remember things that previously seemed harmless suddenly becoming Extremely Hazardous. The flex on my bedside table lamp. The corner of tables. My car. Mainly my car. I bought it at [...]
Our first ever vlog!
It’s official: I’ve taken my first tentative steps into the world of vlogging! I’ve been thinking about it for a while and decided to wait until the right subject matter came up for our debut vlog, something that would lend itself really well to being [...]
#MySundayPhoto
This is BB in a strop because she didn't like the pasta I served up. This was doubly annoying because I was trying to get her to smile with it for my first ever vlog. (That's right, I'm making the leap!) But apparently it was 'too spicy' [...]
The 59 jobs mums do on school days
Apparently the average British mum carries out up to 59 different tasks every single school day. It all starts at 6.38am when mums ‘leap’ out of bed before the rest of the family wake in order to ‘get ahead’ according to a new study. This involves [...]
Top tips for fabulous winter feet
A few weeks ago BB and I were invited to a sneak preview of next season's Crocs where we were also treated to mini pedicures to match the new designs. I don’t think I've ever had a pedicure in November before - I tend to spend [...]
Bog off Janet Street-Porter: I’m proud to be a member of the aisle-clogging pushchair army
So Janet Street-Porter wants to ban kids from cafes and restaurants. Apparently she’s fed up with the ‘cacophony’ and ‘stench’ generated by what she calls something small, cross and wearing a nappy (she means a baby) in a withering attack on the aisle-clogging pushchair army [...]
Mountain Buggy Swift review: This buggy makes my hubby more attractive!
Who'd have thought a pushchair could make you look more attractive? Earlier this year I was sent a Mountain Buggy Swift to review and I do think Misery Guts looks good pushing it, in a way that he just wouldn't if he were pushing, for [...]
5 tips for breast feeding in public
Have you seen the latest ads the UK government is running to encourage more women to breast feed in public? An animated advert shows a new mum joining another woman at a table in a cafe before swathing herself and her baby in a bright yellow nursing [...]
#MySundayPhoto
It was my sister's birthday this week so BB and I have been cake making again. As well as licking the Kenwood K cake beater clean afterwards she also licked the spoon and the bowl. Half way through the bowl-licking, and with a chocolate moustache, [...]
Topsy & Tim have got A LOT to answer for
BB is desperate for a visit from the tooth fairy. It’s been the first thing she talks about in the morning and the last thing she talks about at night all week thanks to an episode of Topsy & Tim in which they learn about [...]
Reasons I hate the school run
Before I start I should probably point out that I don’t actually do the whole school run: Misery Guts does the morning trip on his way to work and I do the afternoon one. But even so I hate it. And we’re only three months [...]
What your NAPPY bag says about you
Cath Kidston, the Boots free one or a designer tote you’ve turned into a changing bag: it turns out a nappy bag says a lot more about a person than just their choice in bags. I had this epiphany when model and new mum Ruth [...]
#MySundayPhoto
Misery Guts captured this photo of our two in a very rare moment of calm this week. Thinking it had gone a bit quiet he found them snuggled up on the sofa watching TV. I love the look on BB's face - although she appears [...]
How do you get a child dry at night?
BB won’t get out of bed. I don’t mean in a lazy teenager way, I mean once we’ve said goodnight to her she absolutely won’t get out of bed of her own accord. I realise this is something many parents probably dream of (I’ve got friends [...]
