Twenty years ago I was sat at home waiting for the end of the world as we knew it as the Millenium Bug was expected. Ten years ago I was nearly 20 weeks pregnant. Life doesn’t turn out as we expect. Hopes and fears are often unfounded. Change is scary but necessary. Today I have […]
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The Mum Tag 2019
I was tagged by Twicemicrowaved Tea to answer 15 questions about being a mum. So here we go: 1. Favourite mum hack? Sibling competition is a great way to get things done. Praise one child for tidying up and suddenly they all want to do it to get positive attention too! 2. Most embarrassing mum […]
Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge: if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything!
Yesterday I wasted a good part of the day pressing refresh on the BBC website to see if Catherine Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to her third child. Poor woman (her not me!) with the eyes of the world waiting outside while she is in labour. I wondered – as I did during her […]
Wedding Wednesday: a legal rant
I am a little bit cross. I have been kind of preoccupied in a happy way about the wedding (no surprise!) but my attention has been drawn to something that has really wound me up. Over half term, both a friend and my sister have mentioned to me that we need to re-register Zach’s birth. Why? […]
#Vlogtober day 3: childhood memory
My first memory dates back to 1984 when I was aged 2 years and 10 months. What was your first memory?