Parenting

The 15 Month Update

I’ll get straight into it this month without the usual oh-god-where-is-the-time-going clichés because I’m on a tight schedule today. We’re about to…

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The 14 Month Update

July 2018, aka The Month We All Melted, was also The Month of Ted’s First Steps. Hurrah! Well done Teddy! I wanted…

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5 Pieces of Expert Baby Advice I Ignored

As Ted approaches his first birthday (crikey), I look back on his first few months with countless mixed emotions. I could probably…

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Review: Silver Cross Zest Pushchair

I started writing this review of the Silver Cross Zest pushchair a few weeks after we bought it. That was almost five…

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The 13 Month Update

June 2018 was a glorious month in many ways. I hope I’ll always remember it – as the month when Ted enjoyed…

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6 Reasons Why Hypnobirthing Is Brilliant

I wanted to jot down a few notes about our experience of hypnobirthing – to celebrate it, mainly. Spoiler: I didn’t have…

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The 12 Month Update

I’ll try not to blather on too sentimentally because I’ve done enough of that in previous updates and I am very aware…

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The 11 Month Update

I completely lost my writing mojo (no-one still says mojo, do they…?); mainly, I think, due to having too little time, and…

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The 10 Month Update

Technically, it’s Ted at ten and a half months, at the time of writing. Drat. I’ve failed massively in sticking to my…

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The 9 Month Update

A bit late with this, again, but very keen to ensure I keep up with these monthly updates, for posterity as they…

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The 8 Month Update

I’m still faffing about with starting the blog properly, which means there’s only really been a couple of weeks since the last…

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The 7 Month Update

Ted is actually seven and a half months as I write this, so we’ll have to excuse my tardiness in setting up…

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