I’m off to the Britmums Live mum blogger conference in a couple of weeks. So here’s all about me, in response to the ‘I’m going to Britmums Live’ meme…if you’re also going, make sure you say hello:
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Favourite posts
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’s your healthy eating IQ? £50 Co-Op voucher giveaway
What’s everyone’s post-baby diet like? When I was pregnant I was really healthy; I ate loads of fruit and veg, drank a lot of water and had three proper meals a day (OK, so I did also develop a sweet tooth and cravings for strawberry milkshake, but you get the gist). But my post-baby daytime…
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Making A Rod For Your Own Back (+ Irritating Parenting Phrases)
Heard 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…
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2012: a year of bumps, babies and big changes
What does everyone have planned for this evening? We are going completely crazy and…staying in, but will be nipping across to the park with champagne to watch the London Eye fireworks at midnight. This means we’ll be seeing off the year in the way we saw it in, although I’ll be significantly less pregnant this…
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Home alone: on a few days of solo parenting
Alex has just returned from a few days away on a work trip to Barcelona, during which time Eliza and I were all by ourselves. It was the longest the three of us have been apart and it’s fair to say I really wasn’t looking forward to it. In a lot of respects it was…
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The Best Post-baby Swimwear
Are you looking for the best post baby swimwear? When it came to taking Eliza to the swimming pool, I was faced with an unexpected clothing crisis. I had no post baby swimwear! I try out post baby swimwear The last time I’d even been swimming* was during our pre-pregnancy holiday in Miami. And I…