S is on Summer Holidays from nursery at the moment, and we’re both a bit poorly – so we’ve been doing some activities at home. We’ve made lots of different doughs before using cornflour and different liquids. This time, I used baby lotion. I have a cupboard upstairs full of Read more…
The lovely people at Aveeno sent S and I a couple of their products to try out. This was super exciting for me, because I’ve seen how awesome Aveeno is. When I was pregnant, I had the mother of all nasty rashes on my sides and belly. Here’s a photo of Read more…
I’ve been interested in the concept of giving up sugar for years… ten years, to be precise. I know that I have a real issue with the amount of sugar in my diet; I know I need to do something about that, sooner rather than later. I follow Sarah Wilson on Read more…
Arch, he is being such a little shit today! She’s such a little bitch He’s being such a dick She’s such a brat, winding her sister up… This week, a particular blog post has been very popular. It’s about “how to visit friends with children” and begins with “children are Read more…
S goes to nursery, so thankfully I don’t have a 6-week holiday to worry about entertaining her (she has way more fun at nursery than at home). The nursery does close for 2 weeks in August though, which terrifies me. I don’t want it to become two weeks of the Read more…
I was sent a copy of My Underpants Rule to review. I thought it was about a pair of underpants that are so cool, they rule (sort of thing) but it’s not; it’s actually about a rule for underpants. Child sexual abuse has been in the news a lot lately Read more…
I rarely eat breakfast. I could blame it on being too busy as the single mother of a toddler, but the truth is I’ve never been very good at actually sitting down and eating in the mornings. Historically, I’ve tended to skip breakfast and opt instead for scavenging about the Read more…
Last week we were house sitting for a friend on the other side of town. Realising I couldn’t possibly bring all of S’s toys across town with us for a week, I decided instead to stop at a book shop on our way and treat S to a new book. Read more…
The other day, S and I were talking to a lady and her little girl, who was the same age as S. The mother whispered to me, it’s her birthday today. Just as I was about to start making a big fuss of the child, her mother quickly added, she doesn’t Read more…
We live in a flat, and don’t have a garden. Therefore, S doesn’t get to play with water very much except in the shower or at nursery. This week though, we are house sitting for someone who has a garden, and bought us a paddling pool before she went on Read more…
Regular readers of this blog will know I don’t have the best track record with men. Since having S, I’ve had a go at dating but never really got too far with it. I go through stages where I want to meet someone, and then I go through stages where Read more…
I’m sure most of you will remember a vague outline of the story of Jaycee Dugard. She was kidnapped one morning aged eleven on her way to school, and nothing was ever heard of her… until 18 years later, when she reappeared, the mother of two daughters. She had been Read more…
Anyone who follows this blog will know I have pretty much always had a problem with my weight. Even in skinnier times, my brain has always had a problem with the way I looked. I have tried weird and wonderful diets, all manner of supplements and pills, caffeine, shakes, you name Read more…
Finding a solicitor can be a scary business. They seem to deal in areas of which we have no knowledge, talk in language we don’t quite understand. They quote this statute and that section, and we tend to feel a little confused by it all. Well, I do any way. Read more…
I bought The Wrong Knickers at BritMums Live last month. To be honest, I bought it solely because I’d seen Bryony Gordon speaking, and had liked what she had to say. I had no clue what it was about. As it turns out, the book is pretty much as if she Read more…
This post is not a review so much as an omg look what I got sent to review, isn’t it awesome. It’s pretty much me just showing off something gorgeous that I feel very lucky to have. Emily Wright went to my school, but was a couple of years ahead of Read more…