Pregnancy week 16…So the big and really exciting news this week is…our bathroom is finished! What’s that, you say – this should be a post about your pregnancy? Well, the…
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Leaving the house with a 2-year-old, or 25 reasons why we’re always late
Read moreOK, I admit it. I’m frequently late. It’s a really unappealing habit*, I know. but I’m not quite sure how it happens. One minute there’s hours to go, and the…
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The truth about two children
Read moreWhat’s the truth about two children? “You’re going to have your hands full!” a nurse told me at my very first antenatal appointment, on hearing it was my second baby.…
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A positive message about public breastfeeding
Read moreHere’s some of the places I’ve breastfed my daughter in public: cafés, restaurants, shopping centres, waiting rooms, train stations, station platforms, on trains, on a train full of drunken football…
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Pregnancy week 15: inbetweeners
Read morePregnancy week 15…I’m comfortably wedged in that liminal space of pregnancy where nothing much is happening. It’s just between the ‘there’s actually a baby in there!’ excitement of the 12…
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Sock squirrelling, and other small things to remember
Read moreTaking your socks off at every given opportunity. Then hiding them in unexpected places around the house. Meaning I’m constantly on the hunt for matching mini pairs of socks. Eating…
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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…
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