If you are a busy mum or dad, you already know what it feels like to multitask and split yourself into 12 places at a time. Sometimes it can be extremely difficult scheduling work-related tasks; fitness activities, mummy duties, and a whole lot of other things that you need to get done. But, you do […]
Self-isolation: Day three, things I learned
Self-isolation: Day two, things I’ve learned
I think it was the piano that did it. Googling the piano like the yamaha dgx 640 digital piano, and wondering whether Amazon (or whoever) would be able to deliver it. In a dull moment (of which there have been surprisingly few) I found myself wondering about all the marvelous things we could learn during […]
Self isolation: Day one, things I’ve learned
It’s funny how the significant moments happen without fanfare, rather than to the big hulloo you think they deserve. Working from home this lunchtime when Boy Two came in from school looking clammy and pale. He flopped onto the spare bed and said: “Urgh.” He was shivery and warm, achy, coughing and tired. Oh, shit. […]
Menstrual cups are not the bad guys
Coronavirus: Stockpiling or a feast of clearing out
There are, we learn, riots in the bog roll aisles as frantic shoppers grapple for the last Andrex before it’s too late. Too late for what? Goodness knows. Coronavirus is making its methodical way around the world and will get here eventually, no matter what we do. Concerning, yes. Prompting an uncontrollable urge for piles […]
Poem: Smile
6 super tips for travelling abroad with children
Treating your children to a holiday abroad is one of the most exciting and rewarding things you can do as a parent. However, as we know, children can be a bit of handful, even more so when they’re removed from their everyday routine and environment. So, to help you out, we’ve put together this list […]