Are you contemplating adding a monthly iPad contract to your bills list? We recently faced the same question. As mums in today’s busy world, we have systems in place for keeping our lives organised, from electronic calendars to chalkboards with scribbled notes hanging up in the kitchen. But what if all of your systems could [...]

A big part of me doesn’t want to write this post, but another part of me is coaxing me on, telling me it’s an important event in Little I’s life that I need to document, before the raw memories fade. Maybe I should begin with the biggest lesson we are taking away from this incredibly [...]

Tonight I am baking a cake for Little I’s last ever playgroup.  I can’t believe that at the tender age of three, she is already too old for something! For the past week, every time I’ve thought about it, I’ve felt myself welling up. For two years it has been the special activity that we [...]

When it comes to the nature versus nurture debate, there is one thing that is 100 per cent ‘nature’ with girls…and that’s their obsession with princesses. Where does it come from? The whole princess and fairytale thing really fascinates me, particularly since it reinforces all of those female stereotypes that we probably don’t encourage as [...]

Spending two days with 500+ mummy bloggers (and a handful of very brave Dads!) at BritMums Live! has been an incredibly thought-provoking, inspiring, uplifting, escapist, tiring and slightly confusing experience. My mind is overflowing with so many ideas, dilemmas and resolutions that I think it will be a good few days before I digest everything [...]

A friend of mine recently suggested that I should delve into the subject of how difficult it is to keep a home clean and tidy when you have young children to look after. Before you read any further, I should disclaim that this post does not offer any solution to this perennial problem that I [...]

I had never heard of Open Farm Sunday before. I stumbled across a mention of it by chance on Twitter last week, and it’s turned out to be a real hidden gem. It takes place on one Sunday each year, when hundreds of farms across the UK are opened up to the public for free. [...]

Little I has been eagerly awaiting her first day of preschool for months and months, and this week the big day finally arrived. Prior to half term she had two one-hour long settling in sessions, which I was meant to stay for. But ten minutes into the first session she asked me to leave! I [...]

On Sunday we took part in the Bournemouth Sky Ride – a 6km, traffic-free bike ride through Bournemouth’s town centre, gardens and sea front. It happened to coincide with our 6th wedding anniversary, and so despite the grey skies and drizzle, we ventured out as planned, thinking it would still be a fun thing to [...]

In a couple of week’s time I will be attending my first mummy blogger conference, BritMums Live! It is taking place in London and the schedule looks utterly amazing, with keynotes from people such as Ruby Wax and Cherry Healey. I hope to learn a lot, be inspired and ultimately meet some of the great [...]