Reviews
Book Review: The Mumsnet Book of Animal Stories
S and I were very lucky to be sent a copy of The Mumsnet Book of Animal Stories to review. The books I normally review are either adult ones, or kids’ ones where they can sit and read them themselves. This is a proper, old-fashioned story book that you sit Read more…
My Life with S
Moving House & Dealing With the Fallout.
For those who don’t know, we moved house last week. In the week or so before the move, I was trying desperately to juggle my workload (oh, the joys of being self employed) with caring for S, and packing. My mum had S a couple of days so that Read more…
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Weekend Blog Hop 2014-10-18
Happy Weekend Everyone! Just 9 more Fridays until Christmas!! Eeek! I’m quite looking forward to it this year as S will be old enough to appreciate it. First up, I must apologise to everyone for not commenting on blog posts this week. I moved house, and everything has gone to Read more…
Guest Posts
Guest Post from Craig at A Day in This Dad’s Life
Today I have a lovely guest post from Craig, who blogs at A Day in This Dad’s Life… My little princess L-A is at that age where the simplest of things make her laugh and be happy. Like when we take and pick up her brothers from Read more…
Mental Health
The One Where Vicky Goes on Telly
Last Sunday, my mum had S for me so that I could sort out some important things at home. I spent the whole day upstairs sorting through piles of junk, and just as S was due to come home, I popped onto the laptop to check my emails. As usual, Read more…
Mental Health
Why I Spoke About My Breakdown
I went on national TV and talked about my breakdown. In the days following, I received numerous messages of support – from friends, from family members, from people I’d not seen for years or was only really vaguely acquainted with in the first place, and from perfect strangers. Comments Read more…
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The Importance of Pets in a Happy Home
Sometimes there is nothing quite like walking through your front door knowing that you have got the place to yourself. There is no one there to ask you ‘do you know where this is?’, no one slamming a door, no one shouting or screaming. Just you, your space, Read more…
Mental Health
What Happens When You Have a Breakdown?
I make no secret of the fact I had a breakdown in 2010. I think it probably stuns a few people when I talk about it, but it was a year or more of my life; I can’t just pretend none of it happened. I think a lot of Read more…
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Fancy a Cruise?
I’ve been chatting to a few people lately about holidays. I’ve not been on holiday since well before S was born, and I’m hoping next Summer we’ll be able to get away for a break. When I’m looking at holidays I like to browse around a lot – day dreaming, Read more…
Parenting
Stop Telling Me What To Do!
Parenting is probably the one thing in life where people aren’t really open to each other’s approaches. I mean, in theory, yes: we’re all different, we all raise our children slightly differently, and the world marches on. In practise though, if you’re doing something very differently to how I Read more…
Reviews
Talk Talk Kids’ Boost: Perfect for Lazy Weekends
As you may or may not know, I am a TalkTalk ambassador and have been lucky enough to sample their services for the last few months. TalkTalk have this great thing where you can add a Boost to your TV package for a month, and pay a one-off fee. There’s Read more…
Parenting
Book Review: Toddlercalm
I have written before about how much I love ToddlerCalm, so I thought it was about time I wrote a review. I have a real problem with parenting experts; I dislike people who expound the correct way of doing things, who tell you what you should be doing. I don’t take Read more…