This summer we opted for a ‘staycation’ with curly headed boy (4.5yrs) and little dimples (6 months). For ages I had perused all sorts of vacation options, but there were three problems: I was shattered and really wanted bigtime pampering and five star service (for that read price!) Little Dimples was just turning 6 months, […]
It’s against everything we’ve ever been told not to do, and everything that a Mother feels is right. But there we all are, handing our children over to someone we’ve hardly met. The only reason I have met Curly Headed Boy’s new primary school teacher is because her son was at his nursery in a […]
I cried the last morning morning I dropped curly headed boy at nursery 8 weeks ago. I cried when I picked him up. I cried when I bought his school uniform 3 weeks ago. I cried when I cuddled him last night. And I cried when I dropped him off this morning at primary school. […]
There’s tonnes of reasons why I think Mummy Blogs are fab. I think of a ‘mummy blog’ as one written by a Mum, rather than any other type of person. They may not even be about mummy stuff, but they will still have a particular slant, which other blogs won’t have. You can get blogs […]
So ‘Little Dimples’ (I’m trying out new nicknames for my kids, as I’m getting a little superstitious about using their real names), turned 6 months last week and is now onto FOOD, yay! The question is of course, ‘To Puree or not To Puree’. My decision is to go the rather laxidazical route of the […]
I’ve been a little quiet, a bit preoccupied and not as involved as before. Partially because I’m just plain exhausted. But mainly because I was at times bricking it and couldn’t bring myself to discuss what’s been going on. One day I suddenly got a mega temp, to the extent that my hands were shaking, […]
I’m writing this for three reasons. (Well, I actually started writing it 14 days ago, but have been that exhausted that it has taken this long to finish!). Firstly to share with non mums what it feels like. I’m sorry to do the whole ‘you can’t understand what its like’ card, but seriously, I reckon […]
This week is a perfect example of the dichotomy of a Mum’s life, the confusion between pleasure and pain, all at the same time (you know, like the ‘muller yogurt’ adverts, where there is no pleasure without pain). So my ‘little boy’ spent his last day at nursery. I sobbed as I arrived to drop […]
Hows your underwear doing? Or is that too personal a question? Does it fit? Or do you have a case of the baggy pants or too tight VPL and an extra pair of boobies hanging out of the bra? Would you be happy to be caught unawares by an unplanned hospital visit? Or is it […]
Have you ever wondered what happened to the girl you used to be, or who you will become, or who on earth you have ended up becoming? I suddenly started wondering about this at the weekend as I watched one of my favourite films ‘Practical Magic’ with Sandra Bullock. I felt a tinge of sadness, […]