One of those parenting ‘things’ people always talk about is at what point it – as in general, parenting, mum and dad life – gets slightly easier. In the park recently with some friends we’d not seen since we all had babies, we were talking about when toddlers go from being just walking, newly curious and…
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We’re MAD Blog Award finalists! Nine reasons to vote for us…
Read moreI interrupt these ongoing baby rambles to bring you the news that…we are finalists in the 2015 MAD Blog Awards in the best pregnancy blog category. Cue crazy faces and baby-faced selfies. I’m completely thrilled and amazed; the biggest of thank yous to everyone who nominated us. My blog is a labour of love and it means…
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One wedding and a baby dilemma
Read moreLast weekend we went to our first wedding in a while where I’ve not been secretly or heavily pregnant. And, as a result, this was swiftly followed by my first hangover in a while (the pain). Having known about the wedding since before Florence was born, I’d vaguely though we’d be OK to leave her,…
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Mother’s ruin; a guide to the horrors of the post-pregnancy hangover
Read moreMother’s ruin…here’s a guide to the horrors of the post-pregnancy hangover… The post-pregnancy hangover…a guide Oh, the whole world of pain that is the post-pregnancy hangover… After years of practice throughout my teens and twenties, I thought I knew hangovers. Ha! I was wrong. One of the less well-known pregnancy side effects is that you turn…
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The mother law, or why we’re always late
Read moreThe mother law: everything that can possibly go wrong just before you’re due to leave the house with small children, does. Leaving the house pre-children is really, really easy; I laugh now at how easy it was. It involves a) making sure you have your phone, bag and keys and b) walking out of the…
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Hey Huggies – we’re baby wipes ambassadors
Read moreBaby wipes are pretty much the fabric of parenting life, aren’t they? I’m never more than three feet from at least half a pack. Leaving the house without any would make me very, very nervous. Running out is more than enough to turn a good day bad. With a weaning baby and a toddler who…
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If baby milestone cards were made for mums…
Read moreWho’s seen baby milestone cards? They’re the cards that capture significant events in a baby’s first year – each weekly and monthly birthday, that all-important first smile or those initial wobbly Bambi-zombie steps, for example – that you use in a photo of your child taken when each event happens. As well as being cute…
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