Good morning world

Isn’t it a glorious thing to greet each day at a minute past midnight? And then 40 minutes later?And then an hour after that?And then three more times before dawn?And then to rise at 5.58am for the day? No it isn’t.Now sod off.

On the joys of the pick-up-put-down method

I really would like some sleep now. Since we started weaning / Jack started teething / life-and-stuff, Jack’s sleep has taken another major backwards step. Sometimes he wakes twice, sometimes three or four times, which I could cope with – but often the wakes, which used to be a 10-minute feed […]

On Jamie Oliver’s definition of ‘easy’

Jamie Oliver’s pro-breastfeeding campaign was never going to go well. Pretty much anyone commenting on breastfeeding in any circumstances is asking for a backlash in its strongest terms. But when that person is a man, making bold statements about women’s choices… Cue media meltdown. I’ve been reading the back-and-forth debates […]

Baby Boy Style – The Best of M&S

Any excuse to shop my favourite baby wear department; here are five of the must-buys from Marks and Spencer’s new baby boy collection for SS16.  Pure Cotton Dinosaur Print Sweatshirt, £9 5 Pack Pure Cotton Short Sleeve Assorted Bodysuits, £12 2 Piece Pure Cotton Dinosaur Print T-Shirt & Joggers Outfit, […]

5 of the best: Denim jumpsuits

New season style obsession: Denim jumpsuitsFirstly, they are breastfeeding-friendly – just unzip or unbutton and off you go. Secondly, it is an entire outfit sorted without having to use your brain to match things together on about 10 minutes sleep. As I write this, I’m sitting in my ASOS zip-up jumpsuit, but […]

Surviving a cold with a baby

I swear someone told me that the magical powers of breastfeeding stopped babies getting ill. Or something along those lines. MORE LIES. Jack has had approximately 18 colds in his six months of life. And babies are notoriously bad at blowing their nose. When they have a cold, inevitably you have a […]