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The perils of tearjerking TV 4 Mar 2013 | 08:17 pm
I used to be quite heartless. Before giving birth gave me a core of mush in more ways than one, I would scoff when my mother burst into tears over some heart rending tale of child abduction or a the ...
Child of our time 28 Feb 2013 | 04:33 am
Just watched Child of our Time which has always offered me a little glimpse into my future as the children are just three years older than my eldest boy. Tonight's episode was particularly poignant as...
Four little Valentine's sweethearts 14 Feb 2013 | 07:04 pm
Don't go breaking my heart Call me soppy but every year since my eldest was born I have given my boys Valentine's cards. I am not sure they will thank me for this maternal gesture when they hit their...
Pink for boys 7 Feb 2013 | 10:17 pm
A trip to Build a Bear is a birthday treat that has been bestowed upon all of my boys around their third or fourth birthday. For those who have yet to enjoy the pleasure this is an emporium devoted to...
Confessions of a working mum 6 Feb 2013 | 10:40 pm
I read a funny Tweet the other day from a fellow parenting writer who said something along the lines of 'Now it's that dreaded time of day when I have to stop writing about the joys of motherhood and ...
Crouching tiger mummy 5 Feb 2013 | 09:40 pm
I am no tiger mummy, not least because I am far too lazy to prise myself away from my G&T and the latest addictive app on my iPad to supervise homework or music practise. It's not that I don't have as...
All aboard the motherhood express 4 Feb 2013 | 06:05 pm
When I first started this blog it was when my twins were virtually newborn. They had just popped out all wrinkled and pink and I was once again negotiating my way through the thick fog of new motherho...
Marathon mum 26 Apr 2012 | 03:50 am
So for those few hardy followers who haven't given up hope on my sorely neglected blog and who also recall that some months ago FDMTG had the fool hardy idea to run the London Marathon I thought you d...
It ain't easy being eight 25 Mar 2012 | 07:11 am
My eight-year-old son LOVES Harry Potter. Over the past couple of months he has devoured the entire series of books. He lies in his bed immersed in the world of spells and curses late into the night a...
Fifty shades of Grey - what's all the fuss about? 22 Mar 2012 | 03:09 am
As an occasional mummy blogger I feel that it is OK for me stray from my usual fare of amusing anecdotes about family life into the territory of book reviews just this once, for the book in question -...