My daughter has a new thing; deliberately wearing her shoes on the wrong feet. Funny, right..? Well, let me explain.
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Crying over spilt milk
Read moreOK, it’s finally happened. I have descended into a parody version of motherhood after adverts made me cry, twice, in a minute.
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Home, and away
Read moreWe are home from our holiday, having had an amazing time and a insane amount of fun. Bizarrely, we seemed to take a toddler and a small baby and returned with one water-loving small adult and one young child with lots of hair. Why do holidays make your children grow so much?
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Things I don’t miss about life before children
Read moreAre we too negative about motherhood? Everything I seem to read now is about how boring it is, or how much you have to give up and sacrifice, or how things become tricky and complicated when you have children. Clearly, lots of people are missing a trick. Along with all the good stuff you…
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Packing for two…plus two
Read moreOh, the places you’ll go. But first there’s packing. When you have two children it’s a process that takes so long it starts before you’ve actually booked the holiday. Whereas packing for just two is purely done on fun (how many bikinis can I justify taking? Oh, here’s one more. Do I need another…
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Everything I Learned From Judy Blume Books
Read moreEverything I Learned About Life, Love And Sex From Judy Blume Books Who read Judy Blume books when they were growing up? More to the point, who didn’t read them? Never found on any official school reading list, her books – from Starring Sally J Freedman and Superfudge, through to Blubber, Tiger Eyes, Deenie and…