Forgive me! I’ve not written since a few weeks before Emily turned 4 years of age back in November 2020. Around this time the world was at a funny place and I had absolutely no interest to write whatsoever. Fast forward to now, Wednesday 9th of February 2022 and I felt the need to write…
Category: Life
I’m having another clear out..
This must be my 15th clear out this year. But it’s all for that reason. Whilst we are not exactly struggling for space, I fear that all the furniture that we have left in the house it’s become a dumping ground for random crap. There is shit everywhere. Letters, keys, random trinkets, cards, odd toys,…
Time to talk about the worst kept secret.
Argh, what’s she saying? I think it’s time. Time to talk about the worst kept secret. It seems to be the talk in the press recently, but mainly for the wrong reasons. Whilst most brands are shouting from the rooftops it’s perfectly OK to wet yourself, when it isn’t, I for one am happy to…
Childcare is so damn expensive
Emily’s nursery fees have gone up, not by a lot (although the original email nearly made me puke), and it’s amazing how expensive childcare is. Now that I am in full time employment (luckily remote), I added a few more hours to Emily’s nursery so that she could be fully entertained and in a educational…
Emily had her first parents evening at nursery on Wednesday – my little girl is growing up too quickly
On Wednesday Emily had her first parents evening at nursery. It seems almost barmy to be even going to one for a 2 year old but it was great to see how much in the space of just a few months, our little girl is doing. Our little girl has come leaps and bounds since…
Dummy no more?
At Emily’s nursery, in her toddler group, dummies are forbidden. Plenty of times I’ve dropped Emily off with a dummy in her mouth as she refuses to give hers up and I pick her up and she’s without it. I’m fine with this. After all, a dummy limits a child’s speech and that’s the last…
Birthday Cake bakerdays Review
Who doesn’t love cake? Marie Antoinette once famously said, “Let them eat cake,” and cake we shall eat. I love cake, it’s cake! I don’t think you need much more convincing than that, but cake is a need, a must really for almost all occasions, not just celebrations and birthdays. A few weeks ago I…
Formula and your baby
I spoke to a friend the other week about their baby and their formula. They had stopped breastfeeding so had decided to go on formula instead for a few reasons. But they noticed it took a few tries with different formulas before they settled on one, which seemed to work for a few weeks, then…
Wishing all my readers, family and friends, a Happy New Year. Here’s to 2019
I’d like to wish all my readers, family and friends, a Happy New Year, from my home to yours. 2018 was an odd year, but here’s to a new fruitful year in 2019. Of course 2018 won’t erase anything that happened, but here’s to the new year, a bigger and better year. May it bring…
We have a leftie! ✋🏻
Being a left-hander, I have grown up knowing the struggle us lefties have in a world full of right-handers. According to Anything Left Handed, the world’s first, specialist left-handed shop, in the UK around 13% of men and 11% of women are left-handed. Since Emily has been able to pick anything up, she’s used her…
I’m all set for Emily’s birthday, 5 weeks early!
It’s been a month since I wrote a post about starting to plan Emily’s birthday. Since then, I’ve booked a table for the birthday dinner, confirmed my mum and Leon are coming with their accommodation sorted, friends and family invited and confirmed and birthday presents wrapped, her birthday outfit sorted, and I’ve actually finished the…
Who knows what made Emily vomit as much as she did last night but…
Who knows what made Emily vomit as much as she did last night but Christ there was so much of it. Last night Emily woke as her dummy fell out, I was up anyway (it’s sort of stuck these 1-2am wake up calls), but she wanted cuddles and a bottle of milk so, a nappy…
Weird habits I’ve gained since having Emily
There’s certainly some weird habits us women pick up when we’re pregnant but they get weirder once your child is born, something even 20 months on, I still do. I wake in the middle of the night to double check she’s still breathing It’s a habit I’ve had since we brought her home. I can’t…
I went to the hairdressers and Emily hated it.
It’s a known fact I rarely if ever go to the hairdressers, it’s nothing to do with the trade and I’m no hobo but my mums a hairdresser so I have always had my hair done at home, for free without all the fuss. Sam’s cousin Jo, owner of JoJo’s hair and beauty and part…
We’re back to sleepless nights again
I thought this was over. But no, those times before where I thought I had it all covered, I was back to my sleep-through-the-night routines again, oh how I miss them. I assumed teething or maybe growing pains, but it appears it’s normal once again to have terrible nights sleep. Whilst Sam sleeps soundly upstairs…
Missy, Me & Him 