(Sponsored content) What was your experience of public transport like, when you were pregnant? Did you find people were quick to offer you a seat, or did you suddenly become curiously invisible – despite a very obvious bump? Did you ever pluck up the courage to ask for a seat when you had a baby…
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The blog is dead…long live the blog? Ten reasons why it’s still queen to me
Read moreIs blogging dead? First off, an apology. This is a blog post about, well, blogging. So if you’re 100% not interested in this then here are some posts about interiors, parenting and London instead. Secondly, for anyone who’s still here (anyone?!) The blog is dead, right? Dead and buried. Apparently so. But is blogging dead…really?…
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17 completely unspectacular things I’ve done in 2017
Read moreWith it being so very nearly the end of the year – HOW did that happen? WHEN did that happen? Wasn’t it just the summer? Wasn’t it just…January…? – it is, as always, a time for contemplation and reflection about the last twelve months. A popular Twitter meme at the moment calls for people to…
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Forget Halloween; here are 25 things that are scary for parents
Read moreHalloween? It’s nothing…here are things that are scary for parents… Forget Halloween – what things are scary for parents? Any kind of clock change (WHAT extra hour in bed? HELLOOOO 3AM) Teething. The permanently overflowing washing basket. Any one of these. Seeing ‘Nursery’ ring your phone in the middle of the day, shortly before your…
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Six Boring Things I LOVE As A Parent
Read moreAll The Boring Things I Love As A Parent Does being a parent make you boring? I don’t know, possibly. Probably. What was I saying again? I’m not sure. But here are all the boring things I love as a parent. Parenting: Can It Make you Boring? Parenting itself is brilliant but it can also…
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How Find Local Playgroups And Love Them: A Ten Point Plan
Read moreHow to Find Local Playgroups You Love: A Ten Point Plan Here’s how to find local playgroups you love…but first, where do you stand on playgroup? Like the park, teething and absolutely no sleep it’s one of the recurring features of early parenting life that’s as old as time. And one that parents seem to…
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New looks and re-introductions
Read moreSix years ago I took a big step and hit publish on the first ever post on this blog. Six years on, lots has changed – from pregnancy to now having two children who very much aren’t babies, to job moves and house relocations and renovations. It’s six years that have seen me write a…