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How to save money on kids’ clothes

We’ve been on a big money-saving drive in our house lately. Not because we’re saving up for anything in particular [...]

By |December 6th, 2015|Parenting|5 Comments

Things I wish I’d known as a new mum

They say confidence comes with age, but as far as parenthood is concerned for me confidence came with each sleepless [...]

By |December 2nd, 2015|Parenting|37 Comments

The 59 jobs mums do on school days

Apparently the average British mum carries out up to 59 different tasks every single school day. It all starts at [...]

By |November 27th, 2015|Parenting|30 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

It was my sister's birthday this week so BB and I have been cake making again. As well as licking [...]

By |November 22nd, 2015|Parenting|10 Comments

Topsy & Tim have got A LOT to answer for

BB is desperate for a visit from the tooth fairy. It’s been the first thing she talks about in the [...]

By |November 20th, 2015|Parenting|47 Comments

What your NAPPY bag says about you

Cath Kidston, the Boots free one or a designer tote you’ve turned into a changing bag: it turns out a [...]

By |November 16th, 2015|Parenting|29 Comments

10 differences between first & second babies

Now that Little B has turned one and started walking I feel we’ve reached a milestone – he’s not a [...]

By |November 9th, 2015|Parenting|76 Comments

How do you explain thongs to a four-year-old?

I don’t know about you, but getting a baby, a four-year-old and me out of the door by a certain [...]

By |November 4th, 2015|Parenting|22 Comments

Things they don’t tell you about being a parent

After the week from hell last week Misery Guts and I kicked off half term with a much needed spa [...]

By |October 28th, 2015|Parenting|65 Comments

How do you pick the perfect baby name?

We’ve come to the end of BB’s first half term at school and never in all of her four years [...]

By |October 26th, 2015|Parenting|22 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

This time last year, after two miscarriages in a row, it was two days before Little B’s due date. I [...]

By |October 25th, 2015|Parenting|25 Comments

Things that have gone wrong this week

You know when you have one of those weeks where everything just seems to go wrong and nothing goes quite [...]

By |October 23rd, 2015|Parenting|16 Comments

10 signs your baby is a weanager

I thought the terrible twos were the first tricky milestone we’re supposed to face, but apparently there’s a new one: [...]

By |October 19th, 2015|Parenting|63 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

It hasn't been the weekend we expected it to be. BB's pneumonia means she is now in hospital because she [...]

By |October 18th, 2015|Parenting|17 Comments

Milk & doughnuts: the BEST home remedy for kids

BB’s got pneumonia. It all started innocently enough – she began complaining of a tummy ache and seemed a bit [...]

By |October 16th, 2015|Parenting, Uncategorised|12 Comments