I 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…
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A nursery update and some Friday link love
Read moreIt’s finally Friday! Thank you so much for all the lovely comments, tweets and advice I was given on my post from earlier in the week about nursery and dealing with separation anxiety. It got worse (the next day, despite me sneaking out, she started crying before I left the room then didn’t stop. Her…
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Happy 150th birthday to the London Underground
Read moreEliza is very nearly the grand old age of one, but everyone’s subterranean soul sister the Tube is much, much older; happy 150th birthday to the London Underground! Like most Londoners I have a love / hate relationship with it which is often hate / hate when you just want to get home from work,…
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Don’t leave me this way – on nursery blues and separation anxiety
Read moreIt’s all change in our household at the moment; I’m returning to the world of work, which means this week is all about settling the youngest member in at the nursery that she’ll be attending for a couple of days a week. I’ve written before about parenting worry, but my worries since becoming a parent…
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CITV’s ‘Old Skool’ Weekend TV nostalgia-fest
Read moreLike so many people of a *cough* certain age, I’m absolutely loving the complete nostalgia-fest that is the CITV ‘Old Skool’ Weekend, two days of 80’s, 90’s and 00’s kids TV programmes shown to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the children’s channel. There’s a veritable treasure trove of retro programming – everything from Fraggle Rock to Finders…
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Making A Rod For Your Own Back (+ Irritating Parenting Phrases)
Read moreHeard The Parenting Expression Making A Rod For Your Own Back…? If you have a small baby, you will have no doubt heard the expression ‘making a rod for your own back.’ But what does it mean, and why do people say it to new parents? Terrible Parenting Expressions As a former English student, I…
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We review the Cantaloop breastfeeding bra
Read moreWe review the Cantaloop Breastfeeding Bra: Our Breastfeeding Journey – So far! Eliza and I are approaching a year of breastfeeding, which also means a year of wearing my current maternity bras – so I was pretty happy to be asked to review the new Cantaloop Nursing Bra. Before I gave birth another mum recommended…