Today is the football transfer deadline day. What’s that you say, football? Really? Yes! It’s a day I’ll now always remember as a year ago today it was also Eliza’s due date, which was coincidentally fitting for a baby with a sports-obsessed father, grandfather and uncles.
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Three things…from this week
Read moreAs usual, I had grand plans for a million weighty and intellectual posts about, among other things, Mary Berry’s ridiculous and outdated thoughts on maternity leave (arghh! And thanks for forever ruining GBBO for me) the government’s ill-advised and quite frankly terrifying proposals on childcare (double, fearful arghh) and the baby perfume (actually, too hilariously ridiculous…
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Baby steps
Read moreSo we’ve had quite a week! There were lots of things I was going to write about in this post. Like how we’re getting on so much better following Eliza’s first full three days at nursery (once she’s distracted she really likes it, once I’m distracted I’m not quite as emotional as I was last…
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What’s your healthy eating IQ? £50 Co-Op voucher giveaway
Read moreWhat’s everyone’s post-baby diet like? When I was pregnant I was really healthy; I ate loads of fruit and veg, drank a lot of water and had three proper meals a day (OK, so I did also develop a sweet tooth and cravings for strawberry milkshake, but you get the gist). But my post-baby daytime…
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Tasty, easy meals for new parents – a review of the Morphy Richards Slow Cooker
Read moreHere’s our Morphy Richards slow cooker review… We have been reviewing the Morphy Richards slow cooker (thanks, Littlewoods!) It is, I am surprised to say, great; useful, practical, easy, makes tasty food, saves loads of time and is perfect for new parents and that tired old advertising cliche of the ‘busy mum.’ Here’s how we got…
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We love the Peter Rabbit collection for BabyGap
Read moreMind the (Baby)Gap; the new limited edition children’s collection for the store is themed around Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit. With not a hint of Watership Down in sight, it is unsurprisingly sweet – think pastels, knitted tops with bunny ears, printed babygros and animal hats. It’s much more classical than recent collaborations, such as the…
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Three things…new necklaces
Read moreI miss wearing necklaces! I love the way they pull an outfit together and I’ve always worn them a lot, especially when I was pregnant (as, unlike with clothes, there’s no problem with them fitting over your big bump). Yet due to a wonderfully curious yet inconveniently grabby baby, my collection has recently been consigned…