I can’t believe it but I’m actually feeling quite Christmassy! It’s a little early I know but hey, it’s the most exciting time of the year right? I love the festive season and in our house it’s a very busy time so we need to start early. On top of Christmas it’s also my Father in law’s birthday and my and Jonny’s ‘first becoming a couple’ anniversary on Christmas Eve, Florence’s birthday on New Year’s Eve and then Jonny’s birthday […]

For a month or so now we’ve been using ‘Botty Bliss‘ by Mama Baby Bliss! It’s a delicate cream for the blissfulness of your little ones botty and we’re keen, just as we are on the Mama Baby Bliss classes which we have tried out in the past. This nappy cream is made with bee’s wax, coconut and sweet almond oil as well as other natural ingredients and has a lovely fresh smell which lasts until the next change. As […]

Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! With Jimmy having just been so poorly with his tummy bug we’ve seen a fair few medical professionals recently! There was A&E and subsequently the Doctors on the ward at The Norfolk and Norwich and then we’ve been to see our own lovely Doctor since we’ve been home as well as having him weighed at the clinic. Although this is slightly more than normal I would say going to the Doctors is a […]

I think I’ve found the best Mummy gadget ever and I just had to share it with you! I’ve long had the problem, like many Mum’s, of where and how to dry my washing. We live in a converted Victorian Terrace house you see and in the upstairs flat at that! We obviously have no garden and to top matters off we have silly (but attractive) radiators that don’t allow for much hanging of washing, we don’t have room for […]

I’m big on breast-feeding and ever since I had Florence am really keen to encourage other people to do it too! In fact I probably used to be a little militant about it and was definitely quite unforgiving about people not even trying but I ‘ve got a little less opinionated on the matter now. I still think people should try but I can’t really be bothered to bang on about it and I think as long as I feed […]

Florence, like me, is a dolly fan! Big dollies, little dollies, dollies with wings… You name it and she’ll like it if it’s a doll! There is however one dolly in particular which has had most perusal in the Argos catalogue, most stops in the shops to look at and has been on her wish list for as long as I can remember and that’s Baby Annabell by Zapf Creations. Now Florence does have a rather extensive collection of baby […]

Before Jimmy was born I attended The Baby Show as one of their VIP bloggers and as part f that day I was kindly given lots of products to review for my blog. One of them, the Snugglebundl blanket, I have found particularly useful. We mainly used the carrycot on our big buggy for Jimmy to travel in and because the weather was so poor this summer, despite a May birthday, he definitely needed a blanket to keep him snuggly. […]

I’ve seen a lot of theatre. I’ve been in a lot of theatre acting myself. I have never, not ever, seen anything quite like the spectacular (that is the only way it can be described) that I saw on Friday night. Florence and I were invited to watch the world premiere of Ice Age Live which is set for a mammoth (of the woolly kind I presume) FIVE year, five continent tour! I can’t imagine planning something that will run […]

Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting!) Occasionally something happens which makes you remember just how lucky you are . I wouldn’t say that I ever take for granted that I have my two beautiful children but I sometimes forget to think about the struggles other people go through with poorly little ones. Having been in hospital with Jimmy this weekend I saw just how lucky I am as some of the children were very poorly indeed. Jimmy had a […]

Another day and another show! We’re very lucky and get to see a lot of theatre, so much in fact that I’m sure we could quite easily become a little complacent about it if the show is anything less than brilliant. I often walk into the latest children’s production wondering if it can possibly be any different or better than the last things we’ve seen and luckily for us I am very often surprised. I do wonder how we keep […]