Here are five TV programmes we’re watching, five years after everyone else…this post could also be called ‘thank goodness for catch-up TV when you’re a parent…’ Here are two great technological gifts to modern parents: 1) The ability to stop, pause and rewind live TV 2) Steaming and catch-ups – meaning you can watch anything…
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CBeebies The Baby Club: 19 Things It Gets Wrong About Baby Clubs
Read moreCBeebies The Baby Club: What It Gets Wrong About Baby Clubs (And Where You Can Buy The Baby Club Merchandise) We’ve been watching CBeebies The Baby Club, which is brilliant, but here’s what it gets wrong about baby clubs… And read to the bottom to find out where you can buy The Baby Club merchandise,…
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Buy the biggest bed you can: the secrets of co-sleeping parents
Read moreAre you a co-sleeper? Did you ever co-sleep with your children? Or is the thought of bed sharing with your baby, toddler or child a complete nightmare to you? The thought of co-sleeping used to terrify me, ‘I’ll NEVER let my baby sleep in our bed’, pregnant-me thought as I starfished in it, smugly. Even…
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Lily Cup One Review: I Try Out The Lily Cup Menstrual Cup
Read moreRead My Lily Cup One Review If you’re thinking of switching to reusable period products, I’ve been trying out the Intimina Lily Cup One (which I was sent as a gift) for a couple of months now, so here’s my Lily Cup One review. How did I get on with my first menstrual cup, the…
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Tea with the Tiger at the Discover Children’s Story Centre
Read moreWe were invited along to the preview of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the adventures of Mog, the new exhibition at the Discover Children’s Story Centre in Stratford. Here’s what we thought: Have you heard the one about the Tiger who came to tea? He ate all the food in the cupboard, drank…
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One book a month: February
Read moreCan running change your life, for the better? That’s the question behind Jog On by Bella Mackie, which is my February entry in One Book A Month. This year I’m trying to read more books than the three I read last year and thought I would attempt to read a book a month. Which is…
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Why I’m still talking about parenting (and a change of direction)
Read moreSeven and a half years ago now, I started this blog to talk about my pregnancy. Because, obviously I was the very first person to have a baby (and here’s my first ever post!). I wrote about childbirth, the confusion and joy of the early baby days and what happened next, and then later on,…
