Our year in pictures
A stint on ITV's This Morning, a photoshoot in bed for The Sun newspaper and a new baby on the [...]
#MySundayPhoto
There was much excitement in our house this week when Little B and I were featured in The Sun newspaper [...]
When is your child too old to sleep in your bed?
When is your child too old to sleep in your bed? I ask because this week Little B and I [...]
Placenta booties: what’s the big deal?
I fear I’ve opened a can of worms. Yesterday a feature I wrote for The Sun newspaper about mums who made unusual keepsakes following the birth of their babies was published online, and as I write there are currently 142 comments on the story on The Sun’s Facebook page. Mainly bad ones. The main objection seems to be to taxidermy artist Alison Brierley who – quite naturally given she’s a taxidermist – made two pairs of baby booties out of the skin of her placenta (pictured, lit up by LED lights). Then there’s young mum Emily Jackson who discovered she loved breast feeding so much she had some of her milk solidified and set into a silver pendant to remind her of the experience forever. Comments range from the mild ‘yuck’ to ‘how sick’ to ‘they must be weirdos and freaks’. What’s the big deal? […]
