There’s a lot of talk bandied around about ‘mum’-style fashion and playing it safe with practical clothes as soon as you become a parent. Take note of this what you will (and wear what you want!) But just you no longer don’t have time to devour Vogue and Elle magazines from cover to cover it…
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Talking about mothers and daughters
Read moreSince Eliza started talking, she practically hasn’t stopped. And it’s great; I love that she can tell me what she wants, what she doesn’t want, where it hurts, how she is, what she wants to eat and what she absolutely doesn’t want to wear. Her chatterbox tendencies are a clear trait she’s inherited from me, the…
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Spare time…or sleep?
Read moreHere’s a parenting confession, of sorts. For the past two days, when Eliza has napped, I have too. A couple of broken nights and a fidgety toddler in bed with us resulted in a serious case of the lunchtime yawns. So why not? I thought. Our bed looked inviting, the pillows were plump. I could…
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The Disappearing Dining Club
Read moreThe Disappearing Dining Club Have you heard of the Disappearing Dining Club? It’s Friday – woo! Not that it makes a huge amount of difference when you work from home and have children (no late-night after-work drinking sessions or long lie-ins, sadly). But this weekend we’re off to the wedding of one of my closest…
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Being the mum of a two-year-old
Read moreSo the cake is eaten, all the presents are open and there are cards decorating every inch of our house; I’m officially the mum of a two-year-old. It’s only a little leap from one to two, but all of a sudden it seems like a big difference. My toddler seems to be growing about a year…
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Toddler entertainment tactics
Read moreRecently we’ve been tied to the house due to all our ongoing building work combined with the terrible weather, so to stop us going stir-crazy I’ve had to employ all the non-TV tactics I can muster. Last year we attended The Baby Show to meet with Fisher Price, and I mentioned that I’d previously written about our…
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Three colourful things
Read moreWow, so there’s an awful lot of weather around at the moment isn’t there? And all of it grey and dull. Here’s three colourful things to counteract it: