I'm sorry, but the part of me that likes things to be in order has to post this video despite it being a whole season old. (Admittedly it's only a very tiny - tiny - part of me that likes things in order, because mostly I live in chaos, like one of those long-bearded...
And so here we are, thrown back into the deep pit of lockdown confusion. Each of us with a different and unique inconvenience or disaster: some have lost jobs, some are caring for the sick or elderly, many are suffering with their mental health, lots are working in...
Looking for the ultimate easy, not-too-expensive, seemingly-thoughtful Christmas present? I have the answer! I had the answer last year too, so this is an updated 2020 version: it's the books 'n chocolate gift. Comes in unlimited combinations, is widely available and...
OK so I'm going to - tentatively - put it out there that my baby sleep-inducing methods might actually be working. We've had five nights in a row of solid sleep from 11pm-7am, which is simply unheard of until now. It's a revelation. (So long as you ignore the night...
When Vicks BabyRub got in touch with me to see whether or not I would like to write this post, my first thought wasn't "ooh, what would I tell myself as a first time Mum?" but "oh my God, Vicks do a BABY RUB?" I can't tell you how many times I lamented the fact that...
Don't get too excited - I'm not back, not properly. I'm just poking my head around the door really, so that you don't forget about me. And I also needed to post up my December Week In My Life before it became totally outdated and irrelevant. I mean, it's pretty much...
I've just been reading a post I wrote when Angelica was tiny; How I Got My Baby To Sleep Through The Night. Goodness, she was a piece of cake in comparison to Ted! And I was at the end of my tether then, feeding every couple of hours through the night. Luckily...
Sorry about the radio silence: things got a bit too much before Christmas, what with moving house again and not having any regular help with the chicklings and all of that jazz. I didn't even have time to do an "out of office" post with a Cheerio! and a Merry...
I had this crazy idea, about two weeks ago, that I would take some time off over Christmas. I'm talking proper time off - a month perhaps, or at least three weeks. Digital detox, with broadband hub disconnected, iPhone frozen in a block of ice and buried in the garden...
There were almost fireworks this morning when I opened the tumble dryer door to find my favourite jumper shrunk to about a third of its usual size. "You'd still get into that!" said Mr AMR, completely missing the point, which was that he had (as usual) chucked all of...
Oooh it's quite pricey, but what an absolute treat this is: the Filmstar Bronze & Glow palette from Charlotte Tilbury. I have actually used it for a few years now** but recently my dependence on it has become quite alarming. This morning I bronzed-and-highlighted...
Oh, I've been having a right old chortle to myself over some of the stuff I've bought recently. Mouse-statue reading lamps and polar bear side tables and silly little notebooks with owls on them. It's as though the part of my brain responsible for buying things has...
The Facial Radiance Intensive Peel from First Aid Beauty has flown straight into my shortlist of fast-working, effective face masks. It's a clay-based acid peel that brightens, smooths and gives an instant glow - as well giving the feeling that your old face has been...
News: my trusty Snuzpod is going to be a cosy sleeping place for a fourth newborn baby! No, I'm not pregnant again, merely loaning out one of the best baby gadgets that money can buy. Can a crib be called a gadget? I think it can, when it does something above and...
This is the first of three posts that I'm writing in collaboration with Huggies Pure Wipes. A while ago, I started talking with Huggies about some ideas for features about nappy changing and I realised that it wasn't a topic I had covered before. There are some...