Pregnancy week 15…I’m comfortably wedged in that liminal space of pregnancy where nothing much is happening. It’s just between the ‘there’s actually a baby in there!’ excitement of the 12 week scan and then the major events after about 20 weeks leading up to the countdown (big movements, proper bump, giant flowery smocks and so…
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Sock squirrelling, and other small things to remember
Read moreTaking your socks off at every given opportunity. Then hiding them in unexpected places around the house. Meaning I’m constantly on the hunt for matching mini pairs of socks. Eating everything you can get your hands on, then saying ‘Mummeee, I’m HUNgry.’ Calling being in the swing ‘flying.’
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Questions about children’s TV that no-one ever asks
Read moreDid you know the first full programme to be shown on BBC2, 50 years ago this week, was Playschool? It was actually an accident; a powercut meant the real first programme that went out the night before wasn’t seen by anyone. I love that the first programme to be shown on the more ‘serious’ BBC…
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Easter entertainment tactics for two-year-olds
Read moreIt’s finally Easter. What’s everyone doing for the long weekend? We’re escaping the building site to go on the train up to Sheffield (while our builder holidays in our bathroom, fingers crossed it’s finished soon). When E was little, train travel was like an instant sandman, and she’d sleep for the whole journey. Which was…
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Toddlers: the things no-one ever tells you
Read moreChildren don’t come with an instruction manual, do they? If the evolutionary process was so clever, you’d think that would have been rectified by now (Just imagine! “Congratulations Mr and Mrs Crawshaw! It’s a girl. Oh, and here’s the full, personalised manual, ‘What to do now, stages 0-18”). Of course, that would make it all too…
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14 Weeks Pregnant: Weekly Pregnancy Update
Read more14 Weeks Pregnant – A Weekly Update What’s it like being pregnant at 14 weeks? Here’s my 14 weeks pregnant bump and symptoms. An update from 14 weeks pregnant Just out of the first trimester and into the second! Here’s My 14 Weeks Pregnant Bump: 14 Weeks Pregnant, With A Toddler Two things I’ve learnt…
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Wish you were here with Walkers Crisps
Read more(This is a sponsored post) What’s everyone doing for Easter? If, like us, you’re not jetting off aboard somewhere hot – and that’s no bad thing, the weather is supposed to be glorious this weekend, plus it’s totally on trend to take a staycation – you might be looking for some bargainous family activities to get…