Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! Has anyone else got a bloody cat like mine? I often wonder but I think he’s actually one on his own if I’m honest! Ok, so part of the problem might be because we live in the upstairs flat of a converted terraced house and he doesn’t have his own garden but boy does he make a meal of it! So we got this cat, Bollo is his name, when we first bought our […]

Gosh we had a lovely time trying out the new 2013 range for Chicco this morning. Sampling all the new products and we had to literally drag ourselves away as we were enjoying it so much! Not to mention Brendon Cole and his heavily pregnant wife turning up which made us want to stay even longer! Florence and I actually had a little chat with Brendan about how much we like the dancing but I was too shy to ask […]

I don’t know anyone who hasn’t heard of a Pillow Pet. Even if you haven’t got a television and seen the advert with its catchy jingle then I’m sure you’ve still seen them somewhere! Children absolutely love them. When Jimmy was born we gave Florence the Comfy Panda Pillow Pet as she’d been after one for ages and we wrapped her some new pyjamas inside him for if she had to stay at my or Jonny’s parents houses over night. […]

I’ve been reading a lot on Twitter about the ‘outrage’ (said quite sarcastically from me there) regarding the Asda Christmas advert this year! It depicts a Mum organising the whole of Christmas with very little help from the rest of the family and at the end says something along the lines of  ‘Thank Mum for Christmas’. So some people have taken this as a massive sexist hit at women and the ‘how dare they’ brigade have been out in force… […]

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 […]