Going back to having a newborn in the house again after 5 years has been both exhilarating and a touch scary – you do forget just how small, helpless and dependent these newborns are! You also forget how much it affects you as a parent – that rush of emotions,…

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Ever feel lost? Like everything you do isn’t quite the way it should be? That no matter how hard you try, you don’t feel ‘right’? Tha’s me lately. I try so hard to be the way I feel I should be. But I sometimes think I am being far too…

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Reading is a huge part of our routine in this house – we read bedtime stories to the children every night. Even though Gemma is a brilliant reader and more than capable of reading by herself, we still enjoy reading to her, and don’t intend that to stop anytime soon.Jacob…

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Weaning has well and truly begun in this house, and Max is really enjoying the exploration of food, texture and flavour.He was very excited to receive a lovely parcel in the post this week: After thoroughly exploring the basket, trying to eat the paper, and throwing the pouches all over…

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The lovely Jo over at My Monkeys Dont Sit Still has tagged me in an ‘All about me’ post – this was started by another blogger after her daughter came home from school with a booklet called ‘All about me’. I think it is sometimes very easy to hide behind the computer…

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