Oh, Jamie Oliver, what have you done? You’ve only gone and quoted some scientific facts about breastfeeding that are already out there for all the world to see. How very dare you? You’ve assumed that – because you’re a human being – you can raise an issue that affects half of all the human beings […]
Family: On Leaving The House (A Poem)
When your day starts off wrong and you don’t even know Where the car keys have gone when you’re ready to go Your coffee’s gone cold and your hair looks like sh*t You can’t find a comb and the toddler’s got nits You forgot the packed lunch and the milk’s all run out He can’t […]
Travel: 6 Indoor Activities For Toddlers At Center Parcs
It feels like an age since I wrote about outdoor activities for toddlers at Center Parcs, so it’s high time I ticked off things to keep young children – that’s babies, toddlers and preschoolers – busy indoors. While I focussed on our stay at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest last time, I’ve covered several different villages […]
Family: What Did You Do Today? Your Response, Vs Your Toddler’s…
Ever wondered how your account of your day compares to your toddler’s? Wonder no more… _______ What you say: My toddler is really interested in farm animals – particularly the porcine variety – so today we watched a special programme about them. It also touched on family values and sibling relationships, so it was really […]
Family: The 9 Rules Of Being A New Mum On Facebook
Yesterday I overheard a conversation in the coffee queue, where two women were chatting about a mutual friend. ‘All she ever posts is photos of her baby,’ said one, crinkling her nose in mock disgust. ‘It’s so bloody boring’. The other rolled her eyes as she counted her change. ‘I know – NOBODY CARES, right?!’ […]
Family: Why My Daughter Is Wearing A Blue Snowsuit
1. It’s cold. 2. It’s a nice snowsuit. 3. The end*. * A response to the mum in the park who asked why my daughter was wearing a blue snowsuit, rather than a pink one. To whom I spent a couple of confused minutes apologetically explaining that it used to be her older brother’s […]
Family: An Ode To Boden’s Dinosaur Dress For Girls
I’m a little bit in love with this dress. It’s taken a while for the big-name brands to embrace the whole dinosaurs-for-girls thing, but they’ve finally cottoned on (duh) and started introducing more options that were previously only available in the boys’ section. Top of my wish-list is Boden’s Florasaurus smock dress, above. It’s been […]
Family: 5 Super Bowls You Don’t Have To Stay Up Late For
It’s the Super Bowl tomorrow night (see what I did there?). My other half has been known to stay up into the small hours watching the biggest NFL game of the year, which kicks off at 11.30pm on BBC Two. Me? I’d rather be asleep – American Football (or sport, for that matter) has never […]
Giveaway: Win A Family Ticket To See Peppa Pig Live
Photographs © Dan Tsantilis. We’ve got a lot of love for Peppa Pig in this house. The littlest is verging on obsessed – Peppa was her first ‘proper’ word (aside from mama and dada), and it’s the first thing she says every morning, remote-control in hand, waiting for me to switch on the TV. Peppa […]
Family: To my second child, I’m sorry.
To my daughter, AKA The Second Child… I’m sorry I skipped the puréed sweet potato stage and went straight to chopped up chicken kievs for tea. I’m sorry that 80% of your wardrobe is hand-me-downs. And that most of them are blue, so people in the park think you’re a boy. I’m sorry I didn’t […]
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