How can I stop my toddler touching my boobies?
If there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write this has to be it: how can I stop my toddler [...]
10 things they don’t tell you about the first week of parenting
So the new royal baby has finally arrived. Within minutes of the announcement my inbox was inundated with pre-prepared press [...]
What Channel 4’s When I Grow Up has taught me about parenting
'Children can only aspire to what they already know exists'. That's one of (many) thought-provoking quotes from Channel 4's latest [...]
#MySundaySnapshot
There's a moral to the story behind #MySundaySnapshot this week: when kids go quiet something fishy is afoot. I left [...]
Why are we so afraid to tell the truth about parenting?
Why are we so afraid to tell the truth about parenting? I ask after David Bowie’s son Duncan Jones caused [...]
#MySundaySnapshot
#MySundaySnapshot this week is a little window into my life as a work at home mum. Although the littlest one [...]
10 things I learnt in 2018 – & wish I hadn’t!
What did you learn in 2018? With the first full week of 2019 underway I’ve had a chance to look [...]
5 things I said I’d never do as a mum
Before you became a mum (or dad) did you used to think about the sort of parent you’d be? I [...]
10 things they don’t tell you about holidays with kids
Holidays with kids. After spending two weeks 'off' with three kids and a husband on a short fuse I've come [...]
10 things parents start but never get to finish
When was the last time you got to drink a cup of tea hot? Or have a bath without someone [...]
10 disgusting things they don’t tell you about being a parent
What’s the most disgusting thing that’s happened to you since becoming a parent? If you think poo under the finger [...]
8 tell-tale signs you’re turning into THAT family
THAT family. You know the ones I mean. The ones you can hear coming before you can see them. The [...]
10 things to do with 10 minutes me time
Forty eight minutes. That’s how long the average parent gets to themselves each day according to a new study by [...]
#MySundayPhoto
It was back to school in our house this week so for #MySundayPhoto here's the obligatory 'first day of year [...]
Why I tell my kids I’m sorry
Do you ever totally lose it? I mean really lose it? I don’t lose it very often – very rarely [...]
