If feeding your child is an act of love then weaning is a messy, messy affair. Quite literally. My new default position is down on the floor, sweeping up bits of discarded food. “Mummy, why are you under the table?” Eliza asks curiously, as Florence grins. I was pretty apprehensive about weaning first-time-round as it seemed…
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Long weekends and Den Days
Read moreHow was your long weekend? Ours ticked lots of Bank Holiday boxes including the park, a picnic, seeing friends and a touch of DIY (luckily, no traffic jams or trips to B&Q). There was also some highly technical and very professional den making. Didn’t you love making dens as a child? Ours was in aid of…
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The mother law, or why we’re always late
Read moreThe mother law: everything that can possibly go wrong just before you’re due to leave the house with small children, does. Leaving the house pre-children is really, really easy; I laugh now at how easy it was. It involves a) making sure you have your phone, bag and keys and b) walking out of the…
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The six stages of cinema-going
Read moreWhat was the first film you saw at the cinema? Mine was a Disney classic re-release like Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. I must have been around six. It was at the old-school style cinema in our local small town, with velvet fold-up seats and an interval where ice-cream was served. And also…what was…
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Busy mum, and other phrases I’d change in the parenting dictionary
Read moreI read the news this morning that the Scrabble dictionary is being updated with slang and more modern terms. While I doubt I’d actually have the brain capacity for a game of Scrabble right now – is zzZZz a word? Oh, the lolz – I’m always interested in these types of news around language. Especially because…
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Hey Huggies – we’re baby wipes ambassadors
Read moreBaby wipes are pretty much the fabric of parenting life, aren’t they? I’m never more than three feet from at least half a pack. Leaving the house without any would make me very, very nervous. Running out is more than enough to turn a good day bad. With a weaning baby and a toddler who…
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Baby brain, trains and t-shirts
Read moreGood weekend? Here’s a round-up of life, lately… I was pretty thrilled to be at number 4 in the Tots 100 top ten baby blogs for 2015 (out of 10,000 blogs!) It made me really happy, especially as I’m currently up against my usual blogging battles of baby brain, no sleep and no time…a massive thank you for…
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