The latest QuinnyCasters challenge is to photograph our little ones in their Zapp Xtras in an interesting or unique environment. Sadly I’m a Zone 3 suburban mum and the most exciting place we usually go is Brent Cross. However when I was looking through my recent photographs I found this: My son snoozing in his…
Dirty washing
It’s no real surprise that having a baby equals a lot of washing. The machine is on almost every day washing muslins, babygros, trousers, tshirts, socks. Since Edward has started crawling I seem to do even more washing and his clothes seem to attract dirt – a typical messy boy! So I was happy to…
Organix baby food {review}
Organix have recently launched some new baby foods and we were lucky enough to be sent some samples. We tried jars of vegetable and chicken masala and carrot, parsnip and beef hash; Banana Baby Biscuits; Multigrain Ricecakes; and pouches of sweet potato, red peppers and swede, butternut squash, sweetcorn and carrots, and parsnips, spinach and…
Walk in the park
What a difference a day makes
Yesterday we visited a nursery and a childminder. Today I asked to return to work part-time. How did this come about when just a few weeks ago I had decided I didn’t want to return to work? After speaking to friend I realised that it would be easier to return to work and see how…
Body Confidence for mums
What’s your post-pregnancy body like or is that question too personal? It can’t be as bad as mine, and coupled with the festive season I really need to diet! Fortunately for me a DVD landed on my doorstep just after New Year which might just have the answer. Unlike the usual celebrity-endorsed fitness DVDs, The…
Making momentoes with Julie Arkell
Just before Christmas I was lucky enough to take part in a workshop with Julie Arkell. If you haven’t heard of her, where have you been! She’s a London-based contemporary artist who is well known for her papier mache dolls and I was really excited to find she was running a workshop at Sally Bourne…
The Gallery – body parts
I haven’t participated in The Gallery for ages but I couldn’t resist this week’s prompt – body parts. I have lots of pictures of Edward showing varying degrees of beautiful baby chubbyness. However, we’ve recently put up a stair gate and I couldn’t resist this picture: Not many body parts fit through those bars!