Toddler Boy I was playing happily on the kitchen floor recently with his toy cars, so I nipped to clean the adjoining downstairs bathroom. I could hear the sound of furniture scraping across the floor… and came back out to find him in the kitchen sink. Yes, actually IN the...
Cardiff is a great place for families. Whether you live here or are visiting, there’s so much to do. From a castle, a stadium and museums to theatre, cinema and bowling, there’s plenty to do in the centre of Cardiff itself and because the city is so compact, it’s easy...
I don’t think I have ever heard my children laugh so much at a book, ever. The first time I read The Book With No Pictures to them, they were pretty much crying with laughter. We had to read it three times in a row. We could have read it...
I wasn’t going to write anything about the whole ‘Jamie Oliver says breastfeeding is easy’ saga of a couple of weeks ago. I read excellent articles on the subject in pretty much every national newspaper and countless thought-provoking blog posts. They were all written by women who’d had real difficulties...
Every week, I read blogs that make me laugh, blogs that make me cry, blogs that challenge my thinking, blogs which support me as a parent, and blogs which inspire me. Seeing as you’re reading Cardiff Mummy Says, I figure you like blogs too. So I’m excited to continue my new...
Every month, I collate the best of my month on Instagram here on my blog. It took me a while to get the hang of Instagram, but it’s fast-becoming one of my favourite social networks, inspiring me every day with the beautiful photos and sense of community on there. March...
Every part of my body aches. My temperature is 38.5, yet I’m shivering with cold. My eyes are streaming so much I can barely see. My nose is red raw because I have been blowing and wiping it constantly. I can’t breathe through my nose. I’ve been coughing so much...
The schools in Cardiff break up this Thursday 24th March for the two-week Easter break, returning on Monday 11th April. If you’re looking for ideas to keep your little ones entertained over the Easter weekend and the holidays, here are more than 50 fantastic ideas, many of them free. Events...
Now that Little Miss E is six, she has been leaving behind the picture books of her pre-school years in favour of first chapter books. I’ve loved re-discovering some of my favourite childhood classics with her – The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy; the Faraway Tree collection by Enid...
It was Toddler Boy I’s second birthday a few days ago. This means I am now the mother of a two year old, a four and a half year old, and a six and a quarter year old. As Toddler is our third and final child, this means my baby days...
In a few days’ time, Toddler Boy I, my third child, will turn two. I know it’s a cliché to say it, but those two years have really flown by. It seems like no time at all we were telling Little Miss E she was going to become a big...