Are you dressing your baby up in a Christmas costume come the 25th December? Will they be a pudding to open presents, or a Santa to sit around the dinner table? I missed out of the opportunity to do this last year by a month. Eliza now seems just on the cusp of an acceptable…
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We love the Carnaby Street Christmas lights
Read moreWhat are your favourite London Christmas lights? Possibly a controversial choice, but I love the creative quirkiness of the Carnaby Street ones over the crowd-pleasing illuminations of nearby Oxford Street and Regent Street. Previous Carnaby ones have included giant marshmallow snowmen and hanging astronaut Santas, and this year they didn’t disappoint; there’s a Rolling Stone…
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Home Alone 2: Lost In…south east London?
Read morePhotos, from left: spotting a rare smile in the supermarket / my surprise bedfellow (I’m sleeping in her nursery – aka the old spare room – while my parents are here and found the Eliza duck in the sofa bed one night) / our final Tuesday NCT mum meet-up as everyone starts going back to…
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On celebrity baby booms, sibling age gaps and second babies
Read moreNo-one was more surprised than me to be interested in some news about none other than Peaches Geldof yesterday. She’s pregnant with her second child – a boy they’ve already named Phadera (?) – and there will be 13 months between the two. Last week Sophie Dahl announced that she is expecting again, and of…
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10 Of The BEST Things To Do In London With A Baby
Read moreWhat Are The Best Things To Do In London With A Baby? Here Are 10 Of Our Favourites Want To Know The Best Places To Go In London With Babies And Small Children? We Take A Closer Look: Here are ten of the best things to do in London with a baby. These are all…
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Home alone: on a few days of solo parenting
Read moreAlex has just returned from a few days away on a work trip to Barcelona, during which time Eliza and I were all by ourselves. It was the longest the three of us have been apart and it’s fair to say I really wasn’t looking forward to it. In a lot of respects it was…
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Christmas jumpers for children
Read moreThe Best Christmas Jumpers For Children… Are you looking for the best Christmas jumpers for children? Here is some excellent festive knitwear for kids. We Love The Kid’s Christmas Jumpers: I know, I know – I said the ‘c’ word and it’s only November…but these Tootsa MacGinty children’s Christmas jumpers are so, seriously brilliant. We’re…