I’ve been struggling for meal ideas recently; with a grumpy toddler it’s easy to fall back on cooking the same old things over and over that you know they’ll eat. So when I was sent a copy of My Sugar Free Baby And Me by Dr Sarah Schenker, I picked out […]
Baby beauty must-have: Childs Farm
I was a beauty editor for a long time. It takes quite a considerable amount to get me excited when it comes to new products. Especially if they’re designed for a baby rather than me. But I am obsessed with this Child’s Farm baby bedtime bubbles in tangerine (£3.99). It […]
5 Things that Break your Back in the First Year of Parenting
Since Jack now weighs about 13kg and I’m still carrying him around in a sling (yes, I’m one of those mums,) this post feels particularly apt… Ouch. Really, really ouch. I knew that parenting would be hard work. But I focused more the emotional aspects and sleep deprivation when I […]
A month in the life… 15 months old
5 poignant parenting moments from the last month I’ve been too busy to blog of late (working hard, sleeping hard), but while I’ve been away, Jack seems to have stopped being a baby, and become a real little person. From the moment he mastered walking properly, it’s like he’s in […]
Mother’s Must-Have: 3 Foundations to Hide Tiredness
I don’t want to complain about being tired. An average day now starts at about 6:10* and after the last 12 months, this is the stuff of, well, dreams. But between running around after Jack and commuting to work, I don’t always feel (/look) particularly well-rested, even getting a solid […]
15 truths about life with a 1-year-old
I now own a toddler. This is my life: Struggling to take a bite of anything without finding a toddler’s mouth attached to the other end of it. Resigning myself to the fact that my house may never, ever be tidy again. Rejoicing in the fact that I now have […]
The early hour
Everything was going quite well for a while there. After sleep training I had a couple of months of pretty decent sleep, bed around 7 and then up at 6am. Early, 6am, yes, but after 10 months of multiple wakes and nights-becoming-days-with-no-edges a dream, really. Next we’ll work on getting […]
In the Night Garden 1st Birthday Cake… I BAKED!
Here’s how to make your miniature human an In The Night Garden birthday cake… As my friends and family will attest, I do NOT bake. I have never successfully made a cake before. In fact, the last time I attempted it, it came out burnt on top and raw in […]
The torture of nursery
I have a new job (hooray for me etc etc), which means that I finally need regular childcare for Jack. And while I’ve been extremely lucky to have so much help from my incredible family up until this point (and still do, thanks folks), I had to find a nursery […]
First steps
It’s been five days since Jack took his first three steps. And since then he’s taken approximately seven more. I don’t want to be impatient, but WTF are you waiting for, Jack? I’ve told everyone you can do it now, and you’re just not performing. I know, crawling gets you […]