Mim is a UK based married mother of one toddler (Miss M) and is pregnant with her second baby. Her professional career spans social media, project and event management, marketing, training and business writing. You can read more about mim at her blog, mamamim.com. Sundays are always my favourite day Read more…
Welcome to my weekly podcast; thank you to everyone who has been listening; I’m really enjoying the whole process of creating these little things so it’s lovely that people are listening! This week’s podcast is about domestic abuse, something I feel very strongly about. In the podcast I speak about Read more…
Helena is a clinical hypnotherapist, fertility therapist, IVF coach, mindfulness trainer and former midwife. You can find out more about her at helenatubridy.com. This is a day in Helena’s life. My day starts with a civilized 7.45am wakeup. That is the pleasure of working from home. My rescue collie Read more…
What’s the matter? Why are you whining? If you don’t tell me what’s wrong, I can’t help you! Sound familiar? As the parent of a toddler, I found myself saying this several times a day. S seems to be going through a bit of a phase where she will suddenly Read more…
If I were making a “top 10” list of things I never knew about the Second World War, the subject of The Report by Jessica Francis Kane would be the top of the list. One evening in March 1943 the air raid siren sounded in Bethnal Green, and as Read more…
Well, here we are at the end of January and also the end of the first month of my Happiness Project. This month’s challenge was to sing every day with S. Highlights of this month include: As mentioned in my podcast, one evening S was sitting in my lap Read more…
I’m reviewing this book because I think it’s awesome – and frankly I am shocked that more parents aren’t aware of it. I bought a copy of Don’t Put Your Finger In The Jelly, Nelly by Nick Sharratt for S for Christmas, and she absolutely loves it – as I Read more…
In my first podcast this week, I mentioned the concept of being generous, but in an off-the-cuff sort of way – so I thought I would elaborate on what I meant. Aside from my Happiness Project, I decided to make one resolution this year: to be generous. I don’t mean Read more…
I’ve dealt with dry, sensitive skin for most of my life. Depending on which doctor I spoke to, it has also sometimes been called eczema. Whatever it is, it can be a royal pain in the bum at times. I’ve tried all manner of lotions and potions; most were just Read more…
Sam is a 46 year old married mother of two teenage boys. When she left school she worked on dairy farms rearing calves and relief milking. She gave it up when she started a family and worked part time in the family company’s accounts department. She couldn’t get the cows Read more…
I’ve been thinking about starting a podcast for ages, but never had the nerve to do it. This New Year though, I decided to give it a shot. This has been decidedly nerve wracking, not so much because of the “talking into a microphone” thing, which I’m actually quite Read more…
Ben Wills is an aspiring writer who is new to blogging. He campaigns for the UK premature baby charity and his blog started out as a way of raising awareness of premature birth, the issues around it and the way it can affect families. The blog has grown to include Read more…
This post is a public apology to every parent I know. The bloggers, the friends, the acquaintances. There is at least an 80% chance that I don’t recall your child’s name. There is a 50% chance I don’t even remember the gender of your child. Of course, if I Read more…
The lovely people at Aveeno sent S and I a book and some Aveeno products to try out. We love Aveeno; this time we were sent some bath & shower gel to try out, which was a real treat. They also sent us a copy of this book by Penelope Read more…
The January Blues are rife at the moment; it’s so easy to get lost in a grey fog of dark mornings, grey days and a distinct lack of anything good on the horizon. We all tend to get that sort of low-level “meh” where we’re not really depressed, just not quite Read more…
When I posted a photo on social media of the Nakd food bars I’d been sent to review, people went crazy! I’ll admit I had seen them around before, but I’d never tried them. Suddenly people were discussing which was their favourite flavour, telling me which to try first, Read more…