I remember my old editor saying to me when I was pregnant with Little I, that although you might think the early years are the best, in fact it keeps on getting better and better. I took it to heart and recently a few friends have reiterated that sentiment. Tonight I think I hit my [...]

I didn’t expect to be writing anything about the Jubilee celebrations this weekend. I’ve never been much of a royalist, and prior to this weekend I was a bit of a Jubilee cynic. As the masses of Union Jack bunting (and even cardboard cut-outs of the Queen) draped the streets and houses around us , [...]

This post is authored by my friend Rachel Hamada, who has just set up her second small business, and who is one of the most productive Mums I know! Every job has a particular skillset that comes with it. Few are extreme as being a ‘mumpreneur’. Fancy trying to negotiate a contract over the phone [...]

Little I was weaned the Gill Rapley way. For the first six months I exclusively breastfed her, and when she hit six months I continued to breastfeed while gradually introducing solid food via the Baby Led Weaning approach (the term was originally coined by Gill Rapley, a former health visitor and midwife). I never made [...]

As a child, I often used to play a game with my Mum before bedtime. In addition to the usual bedtime routine, I’m also now finding it’s a lovely way for me and Little I to end the day, particularly on days when I’ve been working and not had an awful lot of time with [...]

I read a lot of Stephen King as a teenager, but it’s been a good 15 years since I picked up anything by him. Yet something about 11.22.63 really intrigued me. Maybe it was the sheer weight of it – 740 pages no less! But I think it was the premise: if you had the [...]

Some time ago, Fudgy bear came to stay. He’s settled in beautifully and now lives very happily in Little I’s playroom. He can often be found snuggling up with Upsy Daisy and baby Barry (who happens to be a girl!) in the dolls crib. Fudgy arrived in his very own canvas bag, along with a [...]

Selecting a child’s name is such a huge responsibility. I don’t think you appreciate what a big decision it is until you have your first child. Suddenly it dawns on you that the name you choose, your child will have to carry with them for the rest of their life. I’ve come across a few [...]

Within a recent US survey of 250 working mums, which looked at the challenges of balancing a career and a family, 55 per cent admitted that “the struggle to excel at both is overwhelming.” I am easily a part of this statistic. I have had so many highs and lows since returning to work after [...]

I’m not a typical woman when it comes to something like clothes shopping. While I like to try and look nice, I find I have to sum up renewed confidence and optimism between my infrequent clothes shopping expeditions. The reason being that I so often return home empty-handed, having been unable to find anything that [...]