Recovering from Surgery and looking after the little ones
To help you make time for your recovery, here are some tips for managing your children during this difficult time.
All about me!
Want to know a bit more about the real person behind Mummy Matters? This is your chance to find out all about me . . .
Are you babylagged?
Do you remember that feeling in the early months of being a parent of a newborn? You have been woken countless times throughout the night and then you wake in the morning feeling like your head is full of cotton wool, your eyelids have cast-iron weights pulling them down and you can’t understand why you … Read more
10 weeks to go, time to start planning!
When asked today when my baby was due, I said “not until January, it’s going really slowly this time around” but then I sat down and thought about it some more, I only have 10 weeks left until my due date and so far we have done NOTHING to prepare for our imminent arrival!!! It’s … Read more
Winter is coming and Mummy’s getting fat . . .
Ok, ok so I know I’m not exactly getting fat but I’m definitely getting bigger as Jelly Bean continues to grow stronger inside my rather football shaped tummy. It’s funny how each pregnancy produces a different shape, with Little Bean I could definitely have said ‘fat’ I was huge!!! With Beanie Boy I didn’t put … Read more
Jelly Bean got his first telling off!
Recently, Jelly Bean’s movements have become a lively spectacle in my belly. His kicks are stronger, and he seems to play a little game of push-and-kick whenever a hand rests on my bump. It’s almost like he’s eager to interact, especially if the owner of the hand engages him in conversation. I’m keen for Little … Read more
I’ve learnt how to crochet!
With my baby bump growing, I wanted to make something special for Jelly Bean’s arrival and decided to learn how to crochet to make him a blanket for his Stokke.
The ABC of me . . .
Do you ever get the feeling that people have an idea about you that is very far from who you actually are? It’s not like we all make assumptions on people before we meet them is it? I always remember one of my best friends telling me that before she met me she assumed that … Read more
A whole hour in London by myself in pictures . . .
Last week, I travelled alone to London for the day and left Beanie Boy at home with Nanny and Grandad. I was spending the day at a Toy Awards, which I will share with you shortly, but luckily for me, the event finished slightly earlier than I had expected, and so I found myself with … Read more
Mummy Matters is in At Home Parenting with Jo Frost!!!
Square, I’m so excited today, and I want to share this great news with you, my lovely readers. Mummy Matters has been featured in the October edition of fab parenting magazine “At Home Parenting with Jo Frost” as a Top 10 Parenting Pick!!!!! How ‘bout them apples then?!?! I never consider myself to be a … Read more