Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! Touch wood Florence has been staying most of the night in her own room. I’m sure the fact that it’s very dark outside is a major contributor as she is getting up later and later; when the sun was rising early she was up with the lark! So it helps her stay in bed by being darker outside but at the same time, like lots of children, she doesn’t want it pitch black in […]

Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! Ever since we had our lightly coloured, expensive carpets fitted (I know, what were we thinking with small children?) I have been paranoid that things will be spilt on them. No one is allowed to wear shoes inside and on the odd occasion when this rule has been broken it has always ended badly! Jonny once didn’t take Florence’s shoes off and she’d trodden in you know what… I could have cried but thankfully it all […]

Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! I am a dolly geek! There, I’ve said it! I had hundreds of them when I was a little girl and I never got tired of them either. From the moment my Grandma took me to buy my first Cindy (of the big-headed variety way back when she wasn’t half as pretty she is today) and ended up buying me two because I couldn’t choose between them, I have loved my dolls with a […]

Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! Florence hasn’t been particularly interested in playing board games before now but very recently has shown a big interest in us all playing something together which is lovely and a board game is just the ticket. Playing board games is something I love doing, it’s traditional and friendly, involves no technology and it reminds me of my own child hood. In fact it reminds me of my adult hood too! Call me a geek […]

Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! Now we’re home from holiday and back into our usual routine I’m very much in the holiday blues mode! It doesn’t help that the weather has turned autumnal bordering wintry and London looks grayer and duller than it has in months… But hey, at least we’ve had a holiday and been lucky enough to have enjoyed it very much! And a girl can dream of one day having enough money to just go off […]

Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN! BEN AND HOLLY LIVE TICKETS UP FOR GRABS! The weather has turned, Autumn is here and the nights are drawing in… I don’t know about you but Florence, Jimmy and I need something to look forward to and that something couldn’t come in any better form than the live show of Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom! For the first time ever our favourite fairy and elf will be leaving […]

Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! The Bundle Bean (£29.99) is essentially a square of double sided material, fleece one side and waterproof material with a pocket the other. However, this one square of material turns into quite a few handy little gadgets indeed! It’s a footmuff for the buggy, car seat, bike seat or even front style sling and on top of that can be used as a play mat, blanket or a changing mat! Now, holidaying in September on the […]

Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! We used the Zoggs Miss Zoggy Bobin from Mothercare (£27.99 – available with suitability for ages 2 – 3 or 4 – 5) before we holidayed just a couple of times so that we could see if we needed it or not as it’s quite bulky with all the floats. It has 4 floats each side and as the child gets more confident you remove them symmetrically. I decided that you can never be too safe and […]

When Florence was 6 months old we went on holiday for the first time with a little one and I took the Mothercare Baby Swim Seat (£15) with me. She absolutely loved the freedom of being able to move round the pool on her own while I supervised and I knew that I would use it again for Jimmy too! We took it with us to Portugal this time and he, just like his big sister before him, relished being […]