From time to time I get sent products to review as part of the day job (I know, I know…someone’s got to do it). Along the way I’ve come across some pretty cool stuff I’d probably never have found otherwise, so I thought I’d start a regular mini-review slot, starting with one of The Boy’s […]
Archives for April 2015
Family: All creatures great and small (my toddler hates bugs)
I think it started with ants. For some reason we had a load of them come in the house a few weeks back, and it didn’t go down too well with The Boy (or, indeed, me. Thank you Raid). Since then he’s screeched at the mere sight of one in the garden, freaked out every […]
Travel: 10 Essential items for camping with a baby
The Boy was 9 months old when we first took him camping. It was just for a couple of nights, and in hindsight it was a lot less stressful than I expected. OK, so we didn’t get a huge amount of sleep. And we also got pretty wet. But we were at a music festival, […]
Family: Rainy day kids’ activity: colour and send a postcard
The Boy has just discovered the postbox. It started when his cousin sent him an Easter card via snail mail – he’s so used to bringing me the post when it comes through the letterbox that he was over the moon (as only a 2-year-old can be) to be told that one of the letters […]
Travel: 3 places to buy cold-weather clothing for kids
Anyone who knows me well will know that I like to over-wrap my kids. The Boy went from one chest infection to another when he was tiny, and I’m always cold. Add them together and you have 2 children who are very well-layered at all times. And probably a little bit hot. I bought The […]