I’m a bit of reformed beauty junkie. OK, so only ‘reformed’ because I don’t work in central London any more, where I had easy access to big chemists and the delights of Space NK and so on. And loads of time to kill waiting for friends in the evening, and delayed trains, and a full-time…
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Pregnancy week 18: heartbeat
Read moreAn update at 18 weeks pregnant…what can you expect from this point in the second trimester and what pregnancy signs, symptoms and feelings will you be experiencing? This week at 18 weeks pregnant I heard the baby’s heartbeat for the first time since the scan, which is always lovely, isn’t it? What wasn’t so lovely…
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How To Pick A Perfect Baby Name
Read moreHow To Pick A Perfect Baby Name How to pick a perfect baby name…well it’s hard, isn’t it? Picking a perfect baby name seems like the fun part of pregnancy and birth. Everyone has a name they’ve loved since childhood, or some kind of mental list of cool names you could use. Turns out it’s…
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Can you really take children to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant?
Read moreOne of the things I miss the most about our pre-baby life is going out for dinner whenever we felt like it; to celebrate, on special occasions, or just because. And often because we had no food in the house, which used to happen quite frequently as we didn’t need to worry about it back…
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17 Weeks Pregnant: Sleeping The Sleep Of The Second Trimester
Read moreHere’s My Latest Pregnant Update At 17 Weeks Pregnant So we’re in week 17 of pregnancy, what’s that like? Well, I’m 17 weeks pregnant and TIRED. Here’s more about pregnancy week 17…but first… My 17 Weeks Pregnant Baby Bump 17 Weeks Pregnant Symptoms (I’m TIRED) Lost: one burst of second trimester energy. If found, please return to: Gill, the…
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Potty Mouth
Read moreThere are several subjects I swore I’d never talk about on this blog. These include things that are too personal, too boring or, well, you know, too icky. I don’t think anyone wants to hear about the time that happened. Or anything about the strange thing after I gave birth. Or the intimate details of…
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Long weekend <3
Read moreHands up who loves long weekends? Or should that be, hands up who doesn’t love long weekends? Technically, as a midweek worker / mum they don’t make that much difference to me, but Alex is off so it means three whole days of just the three of us. Which is one of my favourite things…