Hi, Friday…where has the week gone? I have about ten posts I meant to publish still in drafts. I would blame doing my tax return, but I’ve not done that yet either. We do have a sleep adverse baby at the moment. Usually to be found sleeping on one of us until we go to…
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How not to go to playgroup, in three months
Read morePlaygroup has been a bit of a fairytale for me and the toddler. No, not like that, we’re not that lucky – just that we’ve had to kiss a lot of frogs before we found our playgroup prince. After trying out a couple that included ‘the one miles away on the bus’ and ‘the toast…
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Babies, building work and big home renovations
Read moreThe week before Christmas marked a year since we moved into our new house (how long is it considered new for? I should probably stop calling it that). In that time we’ve done a lot of work; there wasn’t a single room in the house that didn’t need something doing. We’ve replaced the boiler, bathroom and kitchen,…
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New Year’s Eve, new baby style
Read moreWhat are everyone’s plans for New Year’s Eve? Like lots of people, I have a fairly ambiguous relationship with the night. I spent the majority of my 20s going out, so all the fuss about one extra and ultra-expensive evening seemed unnecessary. But then it was another excuse to go out – so why not?…
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Two children, two and a half months in
Read moreWhat is it really like, having two children? It’s something I spent a lot of time thinking about before it happened. People were very keen to give me an opinion, mostly negative (I’d either get *that* look or a comment along the lines of “You’ll have your hands full!” Helpful, thanks). Having a newborn at…
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The latest entry in my parenting hall of small shame
Read moreMid-morning last Friday the doorbell rang. I’d been trying to get us all dressed for hours but between chasing the toddler round and round, slow breakfasts, baby feeds and the usual general stuff, it just hadn’t happened. Expecting it to be the postman or a delivery, I went to open the door. And lo and…
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The terrible case of the second time baby brain
Read moreBaby brain; does it exist? And is there such a thing as second time baby brain, when it’s twice as bad as it was with your first child? For your consideration, here’s everything I’ve forgotten about baby brain, again.
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