I recently introduced Baby G to the swings in our local park. He is still far too small to sit in them comfortably, but with his legs dangling either side of the cross-bar and his little hands clinging on to the front of the frame, he can balance just enough for me to swing him … More The Joy of Swinging
It’s been a while. 65 days in fact. I really have no excuse. No specific reason for the paucity of my blogs. If I was to use a simile, I would say that my brain is like a pen that has rolled under the couch and I have been scrabbling around on my belly these … More Hello World (Again)
My heart’s wonder, Six months have passed since I first felt your warm little body placed on my belly. The overwhelming flood of love and emotion that I felt on that day of your birth has soaked deep into the very core of my being. I watch you as you sleep, drinking in the awesomeness … More A letter to my son
*After you have changed that dirty nappy. Again. I’m going to break my cardinal rule. This blog is about baby poo. Unfortunately this topic has occupied far too much of my mental space over the last week. In fact so much, that I have been unable to formulate a blog on any other more interesting … More You Can do Anything!*
When I started this blog, the “About Me” page confounded me. For many years I have been a woman, an engineer, a runner, a bookworm, a mountain climber, a sailor, a snowboarder, a triathlete, a nuisance, a perfectionist… For 6 months I have been a mum. Yet when I was called upon to write a … More Today you are You
I discovered the Bébé Eau de Parfum range when baby Gubbins was born and now I simply can’t leave the house without at least one of these scents. There is a number of different scents in the range, however I find that Vom de Bébé Eau de Parfum is my “go to” fragrance. As a … More Bébé Eau de Parfum – an essential fragrance for the modern parent
Before becoming a mum, if I had been asked to think of words to describe a baby, I probably would have thought of adjectives such as “soft”, “downy”, “cuddly”. I had no idea then, that babies have so many sharp, pointy bits. Our first traumatic experience with A was trying to crop his nails. I … More Tooth and Claw
Today I feel shattered. I haven’t just scraped the bottom of the “energy reserve” barrel, I’ve cracked it open and tried to suck out the last remnants of life. Part of it is the baby alarm clock at 3a.m. this morning, followed by 4 hours of chatting, crying and wriggling, until I gave in and … More Sleep: In Search of the Mythical Creature
For any parent who has had the unfortunate experience of singing mindless nursery rhymes to try and calm a bored child, you may recognise the paraphrasing of the popular “10 Green Bottles” lyrical masterpiece. This actually describes the state of our house this week. I have been lucky enough to be able to breastfeed … More 10 Milk Bottles Hanging Round the House…
Today I went to visit a friend who recently had a little girl. Whilst chatting about the joys of keeping your little ones entertained during the day, I realised that there are 5 top toys that I would recommend to any new or expecting parent. I have listed the specific toys below, however generally there are two … More Top 5 Baby Toy Gubbins: 0-4 Months
Baby Gubbins 