Blog List

BBC newsreader, Kate Silverton, recently revealed that the arrival of her second child heralded a massive change in her family dynamic. It’s hardly the most shocking of revelations, but it’s worthy of consideration, none the less. Kate discussed feeling torn between her children and admitted to putting one before the other, regardless of the latter’s feelings. She revealed that she’ll...

Sometimes I think my life revolves around the washing machine. No, seriously. I plan jaunts to the shop around a large grey appliance in my kitchen. I organise seeing friends around a gadget which cost more than my entire wardrobe. And I spend more time thinking about its various cycles than I ever deemed possible in my footloose and fancy free twenties. I know everyone has their own little...

Every day we are bombarded with news reports about our country's ever-growing obesity battle, and we are constantly reminded just how bad sugar and junk food are for our body. My child is very rarely denied a biscuit or ice cream so I am certainly not one of those parents who passes comments on kids' eating habits, but like everyone else I am all too aware of how important it is for me to...

There are times when I have my head in the game as a mum and then there’s every single other day. While I’ve come to terms with this and accept myself for who I am, I clearly don’t expect other people to have followed suit. This is probably why I found myself apologising profusely to the mother of Joshua’s classmate when she called over unannounced late last week. In my more lucid moments...

I remember being about nine-years-old and presenting my mother with a form I had brought home from school. “The teacher said you have to fill in all the boxes,” I told her. Dutifully, she sat down and set about her task, but moments later she got up, phoned a friend and asked if she’d seen the form for herself. I had paid no attention to the words on the piece of paper, so had no idea what...

My daughter has only just turned 13-years-old and while I knew she was completely up to speed on the subject of sex, I figured she was happy to consider it in a vague, abstract way. In other words, I was content for her to know it was something that existed, but didn’t play an actual role in her daily life. Like, good home cooking, for example. So when she hung her legs over the end of the couch...

To cut a long story short, my daughter and I were driving along in the car listening to the radio when suddenly a clip that used the phrase ‘kick-ass’ came on. I admit it’s not one of the worst things she can say or ask about and, technically, 'kick' and 'ass' aren’t really bad words (well maybe 'ass' if used in a certain way...), but it’s not something I want to...

As parents, we make judgement calls every single day. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes we get it wrong and sometimes we get it very wrong. Obviously none of us set out to screw up, but having recently reflected on one of my more ill-advised parenting choices, I do sometimes wonder. Upon being told by Grace that she felt unwell the night before her class were due to change seating groups, I...

Remember when you gave birth to your second child and were made stand in front of the world’s media, smile graciously and attempt to ignore the discomfort you undoubtedly felt following the childbirth you experienced mere hours before? Yeah, me neither. And that’s not just because I’m not a member of the Royal family, but it’s also because I didn’t give myself a chance to conceive again...

Next month brings with it probably the biggest event in the blogging calendar - yes, that is a 'thing'! BritMums Live is like the oscars for blogging mixed in with speed dating with brands and university for social media, photography, writing and everything else blogging-related. BritMums have created the "I'm Going to BritMums Live 2015' meme for us to all get to know one another a little better...