Which of your traits have your children inherited? Apparently handedness may actually be genetic, scientists announced recently. I was interested to read this, as when Eliza first started properly gripping things, she would always use her left one. And as a left-hander, I was delighted. It’s not so much that I was desperate for her…
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On making time for yourself as a new mum
Read moreHow do you find time for yourself as a new mum? This is surely the million dollar question. I’m not talking about going on a luxurious spa break or weekend yoga retreat, or even that tired advertising cliche of busy mums and ‘me time.’ I’m just talking about taking a few snatched seconds to sit…
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Five energy saving tips
Read moreSponsored post…It’s autumn, so that means cold weather, constantly having the heating on and really high electricity bills, right? Not necessarily. Here are some money-saving tips…
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Saving time, preserving memories and keeping you sane; how technology can help you as a parent
Read moreEliza and I enrolled for a morning at Google School this week, as we went along to an event held for mum – and dad – bloggers designed to show how you can use technology to simplify and enhance your day-to-day life. The Google offices are as quirky and cool as you’d expect (grass carpets,…
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The tiny joys of parenting small children
Read moreParenting. It can be relentless, exhausting, monotonous and mind-numbing, can’t it? But it’s also amazing, awesome, joyful, surprising and rewarding. Getting used to parenting can take a lot of adjustment though. When success previously meant winning new business, being promoted or finally finding that pair of sold-out shoes you saw in Elle magazine, it can…
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Riding on the eternal wave of mum guilt
Read morePhotos shamelessly borrowed from this post. Here’s a parenting confession, of sorts; until recently, I had never taken Eliza swimming. Cue gasps from the back. I’m not sure what it is about swimming, but once your baby is out of the aquatic confines of your amniotic fluid, there seems to be some unwritten rule that…
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Win: warm feet for the whole of of the winter
Read moreOne of my least favourite things about Autumn and Winter is constantly being cold (that, and the risk of getting my hair wet). I’m always cold – even when I was pregnant, I didn’t get the much-talked-about toasty glow at all.
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