Hands up who used to play a musical instrument when they were younger? I played the recorder – noisily, like all five year olds – the piano and the flute. I’m not sure I was a massive musical talent, but I always enjoyed it (apart from orchestra practice, which was a frustrating clash with Byker…
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Mum must-haves for travelling in style with kids
Read moreIt’s summer (I think…*looks out of window and sees sun behind a cloud.*) So that hopefully means holidays, and lots of travel. But just because you have children and now have to cart an awful lot of stuff around with you doesn’t mean you have to have boring and unstylish things. Here’s a featured post about…
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Win: a Trunki PaddlePak
Read moreHands up who loves Trunki? It’s the company that makes brilliant fun out of otherwise functional objects. Eliza was given the ladybird suitcase for Christmas, and, ahead of our next holiday, likes to go on adventures around her bedroom with it (when she’s not using it to store all her toys). We have a review coming up…
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Britax Affinity review – first impressions of the pram
Read moreHere’s our Britax Affinity review…We’ve been sent a new pram to review, the Britax Affinity buggy, as part of my role as a Britax Ambassador. As the Britax Affinity is suitable for use from birth, our Britax Affinity review is going to consist of us testing it in two modes – with a toddler (now) and then…
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An alternative reading list for two-year-olds
Read moreMy daughter loves books. Like most toddlers, she’s obsessed with Miffy, and tea-eating tigers, and bear hunts, and whatever mischief Alfie gets up to, and all the old favourites and newer versions and magical worlds that a good story can transport you to. She loves to read them all over and over, again and again,…
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Questions about children’s TV that no-one ever asks
Read moreDid you know the first full programme to be shown on BBC2, 50 years ago this week, was Playschool? It was actually an accident; a powercut meant the real first programme that went out the night before wasn’t seen by anyone. I love that the first programme to be shown on the more ‘serious’ BBC…
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Outfits for a sunny spring weekend
Read moreHurrah, it’s finally spring. So no more thick tights and winter coats, right? So when we were asked by Florence & Fred – the clothing range from Tesco – to choose some outfits for our Mother’s Day weekend, I picked some things suitable for a sunny day at the seaside as we would be spending ours with my Mum and Dad…
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