Our life with our toddler
Before I had children I usually did washing when I was running out of clothes for work. Now however the washing machine is on most days at least once. How does one small person generate so much washing? How people go on with more than one child, I don’t know. What must twins be … [Read more…]
It’s half term where I live and while teachers may be breathing a sigh of relief, parents everywhere are on the verge of tearing their hair out. Childcare, activities, money for activites; are all on the agenda of parents with children at school. But what about parents of preschool children? Every week is half … [Read more…]
So today I had my weekly under the couch purge. It is always an eye opener. In the old house we had laminate floor and I naively thought carpet at the farm would solve the under-the-couch magnetism. I was wrong. I have no idea how things get there. I never see them going under but … [Read more…]
So we went away at the weekend (I will try and blog about it later) and my 2-and-a-half year old decided to try on my engagement and wedding ring on with my Thomas Sabo bracelet. I managed to prize the rings back but decided to avoid a full on tantrum and let her play with … [Read more…]
It seems the Christmas letters, so popular in America for years have become increasingly used by people across the pond. An annual round robin to anyone on the Christmas card list to tell (brag) about your life in the past year. Little Johnny got into the best university; Sheila had her 11th child (without pain … [Read more…]
Before having children, I would never sing in public. Maybe you would have caught me on the karaoke after a couple of vodkas but even that was rare. With children, though, sometimes only singing will do. For instance, pushing the trolly around the supermarket can sometimes get boring. You know you only have an allotted … [Read more…]
Think back to your pre-child days. Poo was a taboo topic. Not something you would discuss with your partner, let alone total strangers. Now think about now…when you have a baby, you go through the fifty shades of poo stage-black, yellow-sometimes green. As a new parent, you find it so amazing that you end up … [Read more…]
Over the next week, I am going to talk about the unspoken things of parenthood. The things they don’t tell you in magazines. This is my first. The Mummy Club. Becoming a parent for the first time is many things. Scary, tiring, exciting and most of all amazing. There is however one aspect of … [Read more…]
So it’s National Breastfeeding Week and boy are the claws out. What is it between breast feeders and bottle feeders that can stir such emotion? Guilt? Jealousy? Smugness? Forget breastfeeding itself being a taboo subject it’s the question hovering over every mother’s lips at social gatherings and baby groups. Did you/do you breastfeed? It seems … [Read more…]
So, a report in today’s Daily Mail (July 31st) says a study has revealed that stay at home mothers are happiest. It says: “They tend not to suffer from boredom, frustration or feelings of worthlessness, according to the research on Britain’s wellbeing. Full-time mothers gave the value of their lives a score of eight out … [Read more…]
