I’ve declared war on spam
I’ve been having a declutter of the virtual style. The sheer number of unsolicited advertising/newsletter/offer emails and spam that lands in my inbox each day has reached such epic proportions that I’ve lost track of how long I spend automatically deleting them, and I’ve declared war [...]
I swear he’s more awake than he lets on, and he swears he isn’t
This is a short rant about sleep (or lack of). Last night I was up no less than six times with Little B in the space of seven hours. That’s basically once an hour. Of course no sooner was I finally able to sink into [...]
Win a year’s supply of Huggies baby wipes!
Fancy winning a year’s supply of Huggies baby wipes, a £500 Asda gift card or a Disney hamper? Then all you’ve got to do is challenge your wipes! As regular followers will know this year we’re working with Huggies and putting their range of wipes [...]
BritMums Live 2015: I’m just a teeny tiny bit scared
I’ve gone and done it: I’ve bought my ticket for BritMums Live (we've got a lovely shiny badge on the right hand side of the page to prove it) and I’m just a teeny tiny bit scared. It’s the UK’s biggest two day conference and social media [...]
Ella’s Kitchen finger food review: let weaning commence!
Just when you’ve settled nicely into a routine, it’s time to change it again and get used to a new one. After six months of exclusive breast feeding it’s time to start weaning Little B, and I’m not sure I’m ready. Mainly due to the constant [...]
Taking out a pension and making a will: eeek eeek eeek…
Getting a pension and making a will. Those are top on my list of life admin which I’ve been vowing to get round to for years, but haven’t. And with the election results now coming through, it's a timely time to revisit the issue. With [...]
Why you should vote tomorrow according to my 13-year-old cousin
Statistics say young people don’t care about politics. I say: watch this. This is my 13-year-old cousin, who has not only composed, written and made her own video about why we should vote tomorrow, she’s won a nationwide competition for her efforts. And you have [...]
There was absolutely no sign of the necessary big pants: where was Kate’s VPL?
Didn’t Kate look amazing when she left hospital less than 10 hours after giving birth? I too left hospital around 10 hours after having Little B, but I absolutely did not look amazing. Although I had thought about and packed a ‘going home’ outfit, for some reason [...]
I’m officially a Huggies ‘mumbassador’!
It's official: I'm a Huggies brand ambassador! And Little B is delighted, as you can see (pictured). Yesterday Little B and I ventured into central London to meet the Huggies PR team and mothersalwaysright, sparklesandstretchmarks, mamamin, mymillsbaby, themummyadventure and ababyonboard who we'll be working with for the [...]
New nuclear, blended or klingon: what type of family are you?
The idea of the nuclear family – mum, dad and two point something kids living together – is being stretched and redrawn according to Matalan, which has undertaken research into how modern British family life is changing to mark its 30th birthday. As part of [...]
Our big allotment challenge! (with a little help from Aldi)
After 14 months on the waiting list we finally have an allotment (pictured). I was surprised at how quickly it came about; when we lived in Surrey we were on the waiting list for seven years with no joy. A proactive man at the council [...]
‘There’s SEAWEED in my Bolognese!’
It wasn’t seaweed, it was spinach (pictured), which was swiftly extracted by a shrieking BB and left on the side of the plate along with my latest attempt to get her to eat more veg. Basically, with the exception of carrots, if it looks like a vegetable then forget [...]
Post baby running update: six months after the birth
It’s almost six months since I’ve been back pounding the pavements following the birth of Little B, so I thought now is a good time for an update for anyone getting back into post-baby running, or thinking about it. While I’m back up to my [...]
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story
Apparently two thirds of parents don’t have enough time to read to their kids, and a third say they suffer from guilt as a result. In a bid to get families reading Alton Towers has unveiled the world’s biggest children’s book (pictured), which at more [...]
Who’d have thought the best bit about a holiday could be a break from pumping milk?
It turns out we couldn’t have picked a better week to have our first holiday of the year – a post-Easter staycation. The sun shone practically every day last week and all four of us have been sunkissed. I’ve got a red nose, BB has [...]
