I’m pregnant!
We've been harbouring a little secret in our house: I'm pregnant and baby number three is on the way! It's [...]
Flashback Friday: I was too scared to buy anything for the baby
This time last year I was seven months pregnant with Little B and still hadn't bought one single baby item. [...]
Watching Stephen Mangan give birth actually seemed quite normal
Last week I had one of the most bizarre evenings I think I’ve ever had: I watched the actor Stephen [...]
We’ve had a makeover!
Today I’m coming to you from our brand new sparkling website! After almost two and a half years we’ve waved [...]
New nuclear, blended or klingon: what type of family are you?
The idea of the nuclear family – mum, dad and two point something kids living together – is being stretched [...]
Post baby running update: six months after the birth
It’s almost six months since I’ve been back pounding the pavements following the birth of Little B, so I thought [...]
Shared parental leave: it could easily end in divorce
The new shared parental leave policy comes into force next week. Having just returned from maternity leave, I don’t think [...]
Mum & Me book review: perfect for Mother’s Day
It’s almost Mother’s Day and if you haven’t sorted out a present yet I’ve got just the thing: a Mum [...]
Elemis cellular recovery skin bliss capsules review: tiny but fabulous
Four months, seven days and 10 hours: that’s how long it’s been since I last had a full nights’ sleep. [...]
Baby swimming lessons: are they worth it?
It’s a good question, because at around £13 per class they’re not cheap. Although I took BB swimming regularly when [...]
Is getting your baby’s stem cells frozen as an ‘insurance policy’ a good idea?
As a journalist I meet all sorts of people from all walks of life. This week I met a mum, [...]
How to work from home with a baby and stay (relatively) sane
I’m coming to the end of my second month being a stay-and-work-at-home-mum (SWAHM - yes it does exist!) and to say [...]
Why don’t pregnant women use wheelchairs?
That’s among the questions three ‘pregnant’ dads have posed just days into their mission to wear pregnancy suits for a whole month. I left BB and Little B in the capable hands of Misery Guts on Sunday to go and write about their story, among others, and it really is an interesting one. There’s no doubt the world would be a different place if it were men who gave birth. The three dads are wearing 15kg ‘empathy bellies’ – the average weight of a full term pregnancy – day and night in the run up to Mother’s Day to see what it’s like for all us mums out there. […]
Getting to the job interview has required military-style planning & industrial-scale milk pumping
I’ve got an interview for my dream job. It’s writing features on a freelance basis for a national newspaper (which [...]
Thrupenny Bits nursing cushion – hands free breast feeding!
I used to think nursing pillows were one of those things they try and sell you but you don’t really [...]
