London: Would you wear a Baby on Board badge? / How to travel by public transport in London, with a baby / The big ‘Life after London’ question / Art for babies: The Tate Modern / London list for babies Motherhood: Nine months in bump shots and blog posts / Eliza’s birth story/ On fertility problems /…
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What to expect when you’re expecting…and beyond
Read moreWhat websites did you read when you were pregnant? Like most mums-to-be, I couldn’t get enough of information about the fruit size of my baby that week, what that strange feeling was, and finding out what spectacularly weird thing was going to happen next. I devoured all this during my commute to work (by the way,…
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Four other places you’ll find me this week…
Read moreI’m quoted in the March edition of Gurgle magazine, talking about the sexy subject of pregnancy leg cramps (see it here). You can read more about my strange pregnancy symptoms in my first and second trimester specials, flashback! The Bump Wear Project, listing my pregnancy essentials (fun fact: Claire from the BWP used to write…
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Bump to baby to birthday number one
Read moreHere’s the past nineteen months in blog posts: Bump: 12 weeks (in utero) my pregnancy week by week and my pregnancy diary in Pregnancy & Birth magazine Birth: Welcome to the world, Eliza and her birth story Baby: Eliza at one month, three months, rolling over, five months, six months, her first tooth, eight months, 11 months (and…
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Transfer deadline day
Read moreToday is the football transfer deadline day. What’s that you say, football? Really? Yes! It’s a day I’ll now always remember as a year ago today it was also Eliza’s due date, which was coincidentally fitting for a baby with a sports-obsessed father, grandfather and uncles.
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A nursery update and some Friday link love
Read moreIt’s finally Friday! Thank you so much for all the lovely comments, tweets and advice I was given on my post from earlier in the week about nursery and dealing with separation anxiety. It got worse (the next day, despite me sneaking out, she started crying before I left the room then didn’t stop. Her…
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Making A Rod For Your Own Back (+ Irritating Parenting Phrases)
Read moreHeard The Parenting Expression Making A Rod For Your Own Back…? If you have a small baby, you will have no doubt heard the expression ‘making a rod for your own back.’ But what does it mean, and why do people say it to new parents? Terrible Parenting Expressions As a former English student, I…