Moving on to baby walkers…how are we at the stage where we’re using one of those again already? In the past few weeks Florence seems to be accelerating at lightning speed and is now standing, climbing and cruising. Brilliant, but we’ve had to move everything.
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Late to the party
Read moreThis summer, about three hundred years after everyone else, I finally bought myself some Saltwater sandals (they’re the ones that look like toddler shoes that everyone’s been raving about for ages). And guess what? They’re brilliant, who’d have thought? I don’t know why it took so long – I’ve had them in my virtual shopping…
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All change in the home department
Read moreIt was a big week for small change in our household. Firstly, we said goodbye to the Jumperoo but a big HELLO to all the floor space we welcomed back. We went through several stages of Jumperoo,-based emotions this time round, from ‘surely she’s too small to use it yet?’ to the inevitable ‘wow, she…
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Crying over spilt milk
Read moreOK, it’s finally happened. I have descended into a parody version of motherhood after adverts made me cry, twice, in a minute.
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Things I don’t miss about life before children
Read moreAre we too negative about motherhood? Everything I seem to read now is about how boring it is, or how much you have to give up and sacrifice, or how things become tricky and complicated when you have children. Clearly, lots of people are missing a trick. Along with all the good stuff you…
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We need to talk about the post-pregnancy rage…
Read moreWe *really* need to talk about the post-pregnancy rage… Warning: contains mildly cross content… The trip on the post-partum emotional roller coaster can be a bumpy ride, can’t it? There are so many highs and lows, often all at once. There’s the post-birth elation and exhaustion, then the tired and tearful joys starting on day…
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Amazing new parenting life hacks to try right now
Read moreLooking for some new parenting life hacks to help out with those pesky but common parenting problems? Here’s three problem-solving quick fixes we’ve been sent to review and have been trying out recently. New parenting life hacks 1) The vest that’s also a secret dribble bib…