I’m not quite sure how it happened. One minute, I had a tiny mewling baby and my brain was filled with all these thoughts, on patterned babygros, how to get my non-napping child to sleep anywhere but on me and how to keep impossibly small socks on her octopus feet. And now, all of a…
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NCT Classes: 25 Things They Don’t Tell You (But Definitely Should)
Read moreNCT Classes…25 Things They Don’t Tell You…But Definitely Should Are you thinking about taking NCT classes or an NCT antenatal classes? We did take one when I was pregnant for the first time. So what are NCT classes? Are NCT groups worth the expense? And what are the things about pregnancy, labour and babies they don’t…
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Talking Baby on Board badges on the BBC
Read moreThree things I did on Tuesday morning: 1) Made us all breakfast, which consisted of approximately 10,000 pieces of toast and a similar number of bowls of cereal 2) Drank half a cup of tea out of the three I actually made 3) Went on BBC Radio Scotland.
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Ten things I love about being a mum of two
Read moreWhat is it like, having two children? It’s a question I get asked a lot and indeed one I used to ask a lot when I was pregnant. So a year in what is it like, really? With twelve months under our belt I’d say it’s swings and roundabouts and a see-saw balancing act (mainly…
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Simple tips for stress-free newborn dressing
Read moreLooking for simple tips for dressing newborns…? One of the pre-baby rites of passage is when you wash all the baby clothes ready for your imminent new arrival. I think every mum does that double take where they look at their pregnancy bump and back at the piles of freshly washed, tiny babygros and can’t…
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10 things that are worse than teething
Read more‘Isn’t teething absolutely brilliant?’ said no mum, ever. Humans. We think we’re so clever, don’t we? But if we are, why on earth have we not yet evolved to the extent that babies can teeth without any pain at all? Answer me that one, Darwin. Maybe we’re just not quite there yet and at some…
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26 things I’m too tired for as a tired, tired mum
Read moreA few nights ago I was lying on the sofa, with wine that I was too physically tired to lift my hand to drink. ‘Go to bed!’ My shocked husband said. But I was too tired for that, even. I know it’s the same old sleepy story, but parents are just generally, well, tired aren’t…