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The one where I get locked out of the house
Read moreLast Friday morning our front door slammed, leaving me outside with one child, while the other child was inside, alone in the house, on the other side of the door she’d shut. ‘Oh…I’ll…call you back’ I said to my mum, who I was on the phone to at the time. Florence, who I was holding, poked…
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Five things from the weekend
Read more1) How is it only two minutes to Christmas? Does everyone have trees and presents all bought and wrapped (don’t tell me if you have)? I managed about five minutes of shopping on Saturday, and we now have festive fairy lights up with a tree date for this Friday. Last year we actually let toddler…
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Joules Parka Review – A Coat For Pram Pushing and the Park
Read moreA Joules Parka Review… We review the Joules Parka – is this a perfect coat or parka exist for the intricacies of mumlife, and all the park trips, pram pushing and pavement pounding that it entails? Coats, when you’re a mum: I’ve written before about ‘mum’ dressing, but here’s some things about being a mum, and…
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Brilliant Christmas jumpers for babies
Read moreBefore I had a baby, children’s Christmas jumpers and costumes fell under the category of ‘things I swear I’ll never dress my child in.’ Then once she was here…? OK, my resolve weakened slightly. Christmas came round and I thought I’d take a small look at what was on offer, then before I knew it I…
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NCT Classes: 25 Things They Don’t Tell You (But Definitely Should)
Read moreNCT Classes…25 Things They Don’t Tell You…But Definitely Should Are you thinking about taking NCT classes or an NCT antenatal classes? We did take one when I was pregnant for the first time. So what are NCT classes? Are NCT groups worth the expense? And what are the things about pregnancy, labour and babies they don’t…