I don’t make mother-in-law jokes, because mine happens to be perfect. A bold statement I know, but it’s true. In the history of our 17-year relationship, we’ve only had one rocky moment when she gave ...
“B*****!” announced Chloe from the back seat as her water cup exploded all over the car. “B*****, b*****, b*****!!” As the lovely husband shot me a disapproving look, I popped on a CD and tried to cha...
Ten weeks after Belle started sleeping through the night, is it fair to blame my domestic mishaps on sleep deprivation?
It would be nice, after all, to have an explanation for finding my cell phone i...
Chloe watched me thoughtfully from the sofa this morning.
After seeing me fly up and down the stairs, change Belle twice, make breakfast, help the lovely husband solve the “missing pants” conundrum, r...
When little Belle fell asleep on take-off and didn’t wake up until landing in England, I should have known we’d used up our quota of luck. During our outbound flight, with a child sleeping softly next...
Ten months on, Chloe is full of questions about little Belle’s arrival. “Did Belle just grow and grow and grow and then pop out of your tummy?” Hmmm, I am not sure “pop out” is quite the phrase I woul...
There are very, very few drawbacks to having a cleaner. But finding half your husband's End-to-End caveman costume folded neatly in your underwear draw is one of them. I presume this means she thinks ...
“You’re allergic to whining aren’t you mummy?” said Chloe innocently this morning. “Yes I am,” I replied, delighted that she had got the point.
“Well” she said, “I’m allergic to grown-ups.” And there ...
Supergranny flies out and Naughty Nana flies in. It's all change on the grandparenting front. So far the naughtiness has been contained no feeding jelly beans to the kids and no tongue-in-cheek gifts ...
Another week, another business trip. I have been informed that jet-setting is Very Hard Work but I have been fantasising about in-flight movies and oversized baths.
Could we swap maybe? Just once? Thi...
