Strange parenting confession time: not only do all of Eliza’s toys have names, they all have distinct personalities and accents, too*. There’s Ginger Sue with her ghostly northern voice, the trio of Angry Birds – Splitty, Big Manama and Mini Manama – who chat in high-pitched cheeps, and Randa the Irish panda…and that’s just for…
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Markets, feasts & pop-up beer bars: SE London food & drink
Read moreThere seem to have been lots of great food and drink-related things going on around here recently – so here’s a mini round-up from our local London area:
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Travel tips for toddlers
Read moreIt’s official, we finally all have passports, we are going on a summer holiday. It took so long securing the passports that the actual break seems to have crept up really quickly. Also, how hard is it is to get a wriggly one year old to sit still for the photo? We’re off to France…
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Talking TalkMum
Read moreI’ve been meaning to write for a while about what I’m now doing work-wise, and for various teeth and sleep related reasons I’ve not quite got round to it just yet. I will soon, but in a nutshell I officially finished maternity leave at the start of the year and have been freelancing part-time since January. One…
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From cups to ducks…review round-up
Read moreWe’re lucky enough to have been sent a couple of baby things to review recently – the Maclaren Beginnings nappy change balm, JASON children’s shampoo and conditioner, and the Munchkin Click Lock cup. Here’s how we got on:
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Favourite posts
Read moreLondon: 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,…