Sun’s out, beer’s cold, you’re having a barby! Don’t let a veggie stink it up! You’re just putting the finishing touches to your floral table decoration – by which I mean, scraping all the burnt flesh off the barby from the last time – when a text pings into your serenity. “Just checking, do you […]
I love the way babies fit under my chin When I’m cuddling them before bed. I can’t help but pause before putting them in; Just one more kiss on the head. I love the way babies respond to a sound, I love how they totter and wobble around, Their chubby arms reaching for you. I […]
I was never a competitive mother – until I won. Ahem, I mean, my son won. The triumph came as a complete surprise – and so did my reaction. There I was, tootling along, perfectly sincere in my contention that, “I don’t care how he does at school, as long as he’s happy”. But then, […]
If you can keep your head when all about you Are screaming theirs off and baying for milk, If you can trust yourself when health visitors doubt you, But make allowance for their well meaning too; If you can get up for the ninth time and not moan about waking, Or being weed upon, don’t […]
I was never a competitive mother – until I won. Ahem, I mean, my son won. The triumph came as a complete surprise – and so did my reaction. There I was, tootling along, perfectly sincere in my contention that, “I don’t care how he does at school, as long as he’s happy”. But then, […]
40 before 40? So over! It’s all about 24 before 2 and a half! Here’s my list of things you MUST do before you turn two and a half: MY MUCK-IT LIST 1. Bungee-jump off a changing table. Nothing beats the thrill of diving for the floor, dangling only by one foot caught in the safety […]