Before we had Elsie, we had a pretty healthy social life but after 10+ years of partying, we thought our disco days were sadly behind us when we became parents last year. That was until I discovered Big Fish Little Fish's Family Raves - 2hr family-focused gatherings where you can go raving with your kids! I first … Continue reading REVIEW: Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave
Robust, colourful and ideal for stimulatating developing senses and building a baby's listening and memory skills- What's not to love about baby board books? Easy to grasp in their little podgy hands, the solid pages ensure even very young babies can hold them and they withstand even the most destructive handling, being dropped, chewed, bent, bitten, smeared with jam and … Continue reading Sundayssentials: Baby Board Books
As my daughter turns six months old, I've been thinking back to before she was born and how naive we were. We have two young nieces, so you think we would have known what we were getting into but nothing can prepare you for how much a baby will change you. I’ve previously stated that … Continue reading 10 things I didn’t know about being a parent and babies before I had one…
When I was pregnant my husband’s colleagues very kindly bought us a titanic-sized baby bath filled to the brim with baby paraphernalia. Nappies, dummies, every kind of wipe you could imagine. Before that, I hadn’t really considered how much stuff babies actually need. I knew about the big stuff, prams and cots etc but not the … Continue reading Sundayssentials: The Mama Bag
(For anyone who didn't watch 'Dinosaurs' in the 90's and get the Baby Sinclair 'Not the Mama' reference, please enjoy this link ) Before we had our baby, my husband and I had lots of plans and ideas about how we were going to parent. We watched and judged others around us, picking and choosing what … Continue reading Not the Mama…
I didn't sign up for the NCT classes where a lot of the mums in my area seems to have met and formed little latte-drinking, Joules-wearing tribes. I thought about it but it seemed like it was a lot of money for what, essentially, we could get for free at the local NHS antenatal classes. … Continue reading How not to make mummy friends and influence people…
This might seem like a bit of a filler blog post but this topic is one very close to my heart. A friend of a friend had a dog called Reggie. He was a tiny, little cream shitzu and he was her fur baby. They went everywhere together. You couldn't go a day without seeing … Continue reading Getting ‘Reggied’: How not to deal with a dog and newborn baby
It's fair to say that since I’ve become a mother I've been showered with unsolicited advice. Strangers, family and friends alike can’t seem to help themselves from dishing out their weird and wonderful pearls of wisdom. Whilst, I'm fully aware most of the advice comes from a good place (God knows, I've even started giving … Continue reading Top 10: Shit advice I’ve received since becoming a mama
