I’ve been thinking a lot about motherhood recently. Mostly during the pitch black evenings and grainy grey mornings of the nightfeed, mainly because of the toddler’s upcoming birthday. You naturally flash back to the delivery date on your children’s birthdays, don’t you? Every year on ours my mum would always recap our birth stories, and…
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My 2015 UK travel wish list
Read moreThe types of holiday I have taken seem to have varied wildly depending on my age and life stage. My late teens and early twenties were mainly about backpacking in the usual gap year places – India, Asia, Australia. Once I started working it was all city breaks, long haul and as much luxury as…
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Saturday in photos
Read moreLast Saturday was the momentous occasion of Florence’s first trip to central London. Taking a newborn to the busiest part of the country, a few Saturdays before Christmas…what were we thinking, I hear you ask?
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The Science Museum, revisited
Read moreWe first took Eliza to the Science Museum in London when she was pretty tiny (cruising but not walking, which is forever ago). She enjoyed it at the time, but in the style of living in London and being lazy, we’d not made it back since. I’d actually been more as a child – living…
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Afternoon tea at the Sanderson Hotel – Mad Hatter’s theme
Read moreThis week we had afternoon tea at the Sanderson Hotel in London – looking for the best place to have afternoon tea in the capital? You should give this one a try. We braved the joys of public transport and Oxford Street on a weekday, and headed over for the Mad Hatter’s afternoon tea with…
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How pregnancy makes you like a superhero
Read moreHere’s how pregnancy makes you like a superhero… Here’s how pregnancy makes you like a superhero…During your first pregnancy, everything is new, exciting and different, isn’t it? Last time I dutifully listed all the unexpected symptoms (all I can say is thank goodness the awful ad with the gravy cow isn’t on any more). But…
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Britax Affinity Stroller Review: A Good Pushchair For A Toddler?
Read moreRead Our Britax Affinity Stroller Review Are you thinking about buying a Britax Affinity Stroller pushchair or buggy for a newborn or baby or as a pushchair for a toddler? We were sent the Britax Affinity to review as part of the Britax Ambassador programme, and have been testing it out for the past few…