Learning the ropes as a parent And do you care? If someone from school has to ring you up, who do they as for? Do they ask for so-and-so’s mum or do they use your name. Do they always get it right? If you the kind of family where everyone has the same surname, then […]
Is Myleene a Hero for her baby name?
Taking the train along the learning curve
Things I’ve learned from an adventure by rail.You will always hear things you didn’t expect to. “Shania, push Beyonce over here now. And you, Chardonnay, sit still.” Imagine my frustration that, as Boy Three was snoring gently on my chest, I couldn’t have a look at this splendidly named family further down the carriage.Bakugan will […]
My name is mummy… please use it
Mum, love, mummy, guapa (though not recently), Nell, madam, honey, Mrs Panther, wife, lady, Ms Arnison, boss, Ellie, mama, Ellen Mary, hen, Auntie Ellen, babe and, sometimes, simply Ellen. These are just a few of the things I’ve answered to over the years. And having a name as apparently complicated as Ellen, I’ve also been […]