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12 reasons to visit LaplandUK

‘It's true’. That’s the strapline of LaplandUK, one of the country’s leading Christmas themed experiences – and one of the [...]

By |December 5th, 2016|Family days out, Reviews|26 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Guess what - we've been to Lapland! I don't mean Lapland, Finland, I mean Lapland, Berkshire, aka Lapland UK. If [...]

By |December 4th, 2016|Family days out|13 Comments

7 reasons to visit Sicily

I don’t know about you, but I need a holiday. I don’t mean a festive snuggle-in-front-of-the-fire and put your feet up [...]

By |December 3rd, 2016|Travel|1 Comment

My breastfeeding hopes…and fears

It’s official: the third trimester has arrived! With 10 weeks to go until baby number three is due to make their [...]

By |December 2nd, 2016|Breast feeding, Parenting|10 Comments

10 reasons it’s ok to use TV as a babysitter

Apparently a quarter of all parents of young children in the UK use TV as a babysitter. Anyone who comes [...]

By |November 30th, 2016|Parenting|26 Comments

Annoying things you only notice when you become a parent

It occurred to me, as I tried to ram the Mountain Buggy through the door of Costa Coffee for the [...]

By |November 28th, 2016|Parenting|22 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

We received our very first visit from the tooth fairy this week - even though there was no actual tooth [...]

By |November 27th, 2016|Parenting|6 Comments

‘Mummy I think I just ate my tooth’

There’s been a milestone moment in our house this week: BB lost her first tooth. When I say lost, I [...]

By |November 25th, 2016|Parenting|6 Comments

The only maternity items you’ll ever need

Bra clip extensions, weird shaped pillows and morning sickness sweets. A bit like baby items you really don’t need, they [...]

By |November 23rd, 2016|Parenting, Pregnancy|6 Comments

‘I still don’t love my daughter’

Those are the incredibly brave words of Katie, a 29-year-old mum-of-one on the reality of post-natal depression (PND). With the [...]

By |November 21st, 2016|Parenting|95 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

First, a confession: #MySundayPhoto wasn't actually taken by me this week. It was taken by Bournemouth-based family photographer Mei Parsons [...]

By |November 20th, 2016|Family life|7 Comments

Why I gave up my dream job to breastfeed

‘Give mums paid breaks to breastfeed at work’. That’s the recommendation of a new report which blames the UK’s ‘unhelpful [...]

By |November 18th, 2016|Breast feeding, Parenting|34 Comments

5 reasons I can’t live without the Teletubbies

It’s a sentence I never thought I’d write – like so many things they don't tell you about being a [...]

By |November 16th, 2016|Competitions, Parenting|13 Comments

Weird things I worry about now I’m a mum

According to Misery Guts the world has gone ‘bat sh*t mental’. He’s referring, of course, to the election of Donald [...]

By |November 14th, 2016|Parenting|37 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

This week I was treated to a rare night out - with Robbie Williams! I'm a big Take That and [...]

By |November 13th, 2016|Music|8 Comments