Parenting covers a whole plethora of subjects from pregnancy to breastfeeding, teething and sleepless nights to handling child behaviour.
A few weeks ago I decided to do something a little different on the blog with regards to the Beans. I wanted something that we could look back on in year’s to come and hopefully raise a few smiles over or even stifle a few giggles. Such is the mind of children as they change … Read more
It’s a bit late to complain about it now but looking back I really wish I had found the energy to exercise during each of my pregnancies. When pregnant with Little Bean, my beautiful first-born, I was working full time so I didn’t really have lots of time to exercise BUT I did do lots … Read more
This is quite an awkward post for me to write because I know that some of the Mums from LB’s school read my blog from time to time but it’s a post that has been going around in my head since midway through Reception. I’ve put it off time and time again because I don’t … Read more
Christmas Eve in some respects is the most exciting part of Christmas, the anticipation of Santa coming and wondering what presents will be waiting under the Christmas Tree or in the stockings. So it comes as no surprise that come bedtime on Christmas Eve getting the children to sleep can be a little difficult. When … Read more
I am never normally one to be thankful for the Bean’s returning to school *dashes off to check previous posts* because I look forward to the school holidays and getting my Beans back, planning fun things to do and spending lots of quality time together so this half term holiday was no different. My Mum … Read more
I wonder how you read a post? Do you look through the photographs and then read them? Do you read and look at the photographs as you go along? I am pondering this because if you were to look through my photographs first, you’d be forgiven for thinking that they show happy family time, which, … Read more
Rather like Supermodels who don’t get out of bed for some ridiculous sum of money, I don’t usually get out of bed before 6.30am if I can help it (since the night feeds stopped) but the lure of a child-free day out in London was just too much temptation for me so my alarm was … Read more
And so it begins, the hunt for Christmas presents is on with only just over 10 weeks to go until the big guy hops into his sleigh! The Beans are already getting excited about Christmas and have started collecting catalogues in the shops we visit so that they can start cutting out pictures of the … Read more
I am such a GEEK! I get so excited when a new bit of tech hits the shops, not that I get to buy many of them very often but sometimes I’m very lucky. Yesterday I received a very special parcel in the form of the brand new Tesco Hudl2 before it hits Tesco stores … Read more