Well, this is rather a spanner in the old works; I'm having to test four times a day for gestational diabetes due to the (apparent) gargantuan size of the baby within. It's not actually too much of an inconvenience - and at any rate, you do what you have to do when it...
Baby and Body: 19 Months Update
This is the biggest update yet, I reckon. Not in terms of length, but in terms of sudden developmental leap. I don't know whether it was because we took two weeks off at Christmas and so perhaps we were more attentive to Angelica than usual (I mean, she gets a lot of...
A Day In My Life: Toddler + Heavily Pregnant
I really enjoy making the Day In My Life videos (so far I've done an "at home with baby" one and a "work day" one) and so when I knew I'd be at the Colab studio shoot last week I thought that it would be a perfect opportunity to film another. It was quite likely that...
M&S (Non) Maternity Knickers. My Last Pair of Pants.
At 37 weeks pregnant I'm down to the last pair of pants that don't irritate my c-section scar, don't fall down and don't cut into my bump and make it all itchy. Maternity knickers are a real problem, I think, if you have a previous caesarean scar - you don't want...
Colab Paradise Dry Shampoo: Heavenly Hair
Please note that I am a founder of the Colab Dry Shampoo brand - this is not a paid post. I said I'd keep you updated with the new Colab Dry Shampoo launch and here it is: Paradise. I honestly don't know where to start with this post - I'm really...
Best Books 2016
I promised at the end of 2015 that I'd do a round-up of my favourite novels of the year and here I am, over twelve months later, with a slightly different post. It seems odd to go back to what I read in 2015, so the best picks from that year will have to be inserted...
The Car Seat Conundrum: Which Type to Buy?
OK, so conundrum is rather dramatic a word to use, but we are currently in a quagmire of confusion trying to work out which type of car seat we need for Angelica now that she has outgrown the Cybex Aton Q and needs more room to stretch her legs. In an entirely...
The Pregnancy Diaries: 36 Weeks
Lots happening this week, including the threat of Gestational Diabetes (massive baby measurements, especially abdominal, so I am having to check my blood sugar levels four times a day) and so I've stuck it all into one long rambling video. It's not often you get to...
Sunday Tittle Tattle: Take Your Toddler To Work Day
Thursday was "take your toddler to work day". Not literally, of course - nobody else had their toddler there, and it wasn't one of those ridiculous national things like "national doughnut day" or "national look after your feet properly day" - but for me it was...
Pregnancy Symptoms: The Differences With Baby 2
Now that I'm almost full term with my second baby, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the differences between this pregnancy and my last, when I was pregnant with Angelica. Because - despite my husband saying that I moaned about all of the same things...
Lancome L’Absolu Rouge Lipstick in Rose Rose
Every now and then I go for a bit of pink on the lips to make myself feel interesting and snazzy. It's less in-your-face than red and, if you pick the right shade, it can look really youthful and flattering. Sometimes I stare at myself and everything just looks a bit...
Foundation Review: Clarins BB Skin Detox Fluid
Not strictly a foundation, but I'm going to treat the Clarins BB Skin Detox Fluid as one, with a full review and before-and-after photos, because a) the coverage is as good as many of the foundations I've reviewed and b) I think it's amazing and I want to have a...