Sabina Green Last week a train arrived in our house and has been making regular stops here ever since. Dinosaur Train is the new children’s show from Jim Henson which can be found on Nick Jr in the UK. It is a bright and colourful show set in a prehistoric land of jungles, volcanoes and swamps. Buddy … Read more
The UK’s real Chancellors: Mums call for family friendly tax breaks 64% of mums would increase the income tax personal allowance 75% of mums support the idea of child benefit eligibility being based on combined earnings of both parents in a household Mums face an extra £7bn on everyday essential costs in 2012 Ahead of … Read more
Do you remember a world before the internet? It’s been around for so long now it feels like it has always been here doesn’t it, like it is now a member of the family, that ‘go-to’ place whenever you need something. Obviously I write my blog, which is like a fourth child to me and … Read more
For as long as I can remember I dreamed of one day becoming a Mummy, ‘three’ was always my magic number, the number of children I wanted to have. I don’t know why three exactly, because most people who I know that came from a family of three said that it was pretty rubbish, two … Read more
Have you spent days, weeks and months agonising over your child’s eating habits (or lack of, more to the point!). I have, if you go back through my blog you will see endless posts on how my daughter has never really taken to eating much. She was great at breastfeeding, although she never really followed … Read more
Little Bean asks me every night after school if my trees need watering. Whenever she has a sleepover at Nanna’s house she will water her plants for her so next week Little Bean is working towards her own pot garden on her reward chart. She is very excited at the idea of growing her own … Read more
Little Bean LOVES dressing up, mainly pink princess dresses, but this morning she decided since Beanie Boy was still feeling poorly she would be his Nurse and teddy? Well he’s her assistant of course!
When I was little I always quite fancied one of those disembodied Barbie heads that you could practice hair and make-up on but I never did get one. Now I have a real-life doll with lovely long hair and I love trying to find different things to do with her hair but boy does she … Read more
Mother’s Day can sometimes be a tricky one for the expectant Mum or the newborn Mum but take it from one who has been there (twice) one thing which will always go down a storm is something which Mum can pamper herself with. Expectant and newborn Mums can often feel tired, unattractive and a like … Read more