I’m really thrilled to have been asked to appear in the December ‘Pregnancy Diary’ feature in Pregnancy & Birth magazine, along with lots of photos of all three of us (I loved reading P&B when I was pregnant, and also appeared in it last year). Although I did document lots of my pregnancy highs and woes…
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Friday festive link round-up
Although last weekend was a bit of a write-off, we did briefly nip to Oxford Street for some Christmas shopping, so saw all the lights and displays in full, albeit daytime, glory. The Selfridges windows in the middle photo are definitely the best – don’t you think? – but we also loved the John Lewis decorations on the…
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Baby, it’s cold outside…
…it’s also cold inside, despite having had the heating on all day (that’s Victorian conversions for you – when we lived in a new build in Balham we had the heating on about three times in two years). It has been sickness central over here, with all three of us suffering from various ailments –…
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This weekend in South East London…
There are loads of exciting things going on in the south eastern neck of the London woods this weekend, including festive fairs, feasts and high-street launches. In Crystal Palace today it’s The Palace Christmas Fair which is from 10.30 – 4.30 at Christ Church. Tomorrow we’ll be going to the festive West Norwood Feast which sounds…
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Christmas costumes for children
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
What 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?
Photos, 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…