Believe it or not, we have a book at home called ‘Cinderella’s Bottom.’ It’s a great story, all about bottoms (obviously) and feet and noses and a variety of other body “bits”, and how they come in lo...
I was never very good at physics but I do wish I had paid more attention in school. I just remember thinking that I couldn’t imagine any of it being useful in REAL LIFE — cue an enormous teenage sigh ...
Chloe’s career choices so far have included: princess, hairdresser, jewellery maker … and now (drumroll please), nutritionist. Let me savour this tiny little moment where she wants to be just like me....
Food for Thought
“Mummy …” said Chloe “ … your tummy is all wobbly.”
I am not sure what was less welcome, the fact that we were having this conversation at 6.01am, or that we were having it period.
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I love my job but it does have its drawbacks. For a start, people run away from me in grocery stores. Some do roll past proudly with a cart full of fruit and veg, but others — usually the ones with so...
Another week, another column, another visit from Little Miss Belle.
This time I have packed her back off to bed and apparently she will stay there. I “pwomise” mummy, she whispered as I tucked her bac...
Food for Thought
I know last week’s little rant might make it seem otherwise, but I do love being a mummy. Even right now in this moment — at 12.34am when Belle has somehow negotiated her way into my...
There are bathtimes that go well in our house, and there are bathtimes that make me want to put my head in my very expensive blender. Tonight, I had the audacity to separate Belle from her dancing mon...
Supergranny has just flown home and it’s time to clean up! Don’t get me wrong, the house has been pristine — literally sparkling — with her in it. If I hadn’t seen our family tree, I would suspect she...
Just so we’re clear, I wasn’t born loving green smoothies and wholegrains. I had a decade-long love affair with strawberry Ribena and iced buns before I saw the light. My mum raised me on plenty of he...
