Our life with our toddler
There’s one thing all mums are guilty of. Maybe dads too, and that is, not really listening to advice. We’re parents for goodness sake. So you gave your baby brandy to sooth teething 60 years ago? Things have changed. The other mothers who weaned their babies on rusks before six months despite the gluten allergy … [Read more…]
To mark the start of a new series of my favourite programme, One Born Every Minute, I thought I’d let you into a little secret. I have an embarrassing addiction. You know how people giving up smoking calculate how much they would save in a year? Well I’ve done it for my obsession. If I … [Read more…]
Kids’ shoes. They’re an expensive business aren’t they? I am big on making sure Boo’s shoes are the right size. I had a Saturday job at Clarks and Russell and Bromley when I was at college and university and I went on the shoe fitting courses so I know the deal. The bones in children’s … [Read more…]
I’ve been dying to do one of these ‘meme’ question and answer posts for ages but someone has to nominate you. Thankfully, Jo at the fabulous http://notafrumpymum.com came to my rescue so here it is. A set of 20 questions about parenting. 1.Are you a Stay at Home Mum, or a Working Mum? I went … [Read more…]
When you’re pregnant with your first child and just after you’ve had it, you enter a period of utopia where you imagine everything to be perfect. Clean, fluffy blankets. Everything is new. You imagine a set of ideals in your head, a goalpost of sorts which you measure everything against. Some time later, these goal … [Read more…]
So today we decided to bake. I cheated as you can see above. I thought with Boo, it would be all about the decorating so I bypassed the baking somewhat. She had a great time putting the cases in the tray Stirring the mixture (after I had a little go myself with the electric mixer)… … [Read more…]
I don’t know if it’s a British thing, but I for one do not like to blow my own trumpet. I don’t even like telling people if I’m happy with something. I can just about talk about my daughter’s achievements but even this doesn’t sit comfortably with me. So when I found out about the … [Read more…]
Since Boo was a tiny baby, I quickly understood the importance of fresh air. The days I took her out in her pram, she slept better at night. Fast forward to the toddler years and it still stands. Thankfully we live on a farm now (we didn’t when she was born) so there is fresh … [Read more…]
A week ago, I had the worst night sleep ever. I’d watched Call the Midwife last Sunday and one of the characters had nits. Well that night, I dreamt I had them and I must have itched all night. I would like to say this was an isolated incident but I am afraid it is not. … [Read more…]
Being a mum means many things. You clean up sick and poo. Wipe snotty noses, comfort, hug, love. What about the things people don’t tell you about though. Here is a prime example. Now it is well documented that I am on a diet. I have to lose two stone by May (well, it’s June … [Read more…]
