“Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” My darling girl, When you look out at the world, know that you can and will achieve great things. You are strong, sensitive and sassy. You are caring, confident, clever and creative. You are...
*paid collaboration with Aviva Community Fund Isham Kasi’s face beams with excitement as he pushes open the door and enters Rebounders. His eyes light up and a big grin appears as he sees the trampolines in front of him. He proudly shows his Pokémon t-shirt to his coach Carmel Royston...
I’ve never really been a fan of Valentine’s Day. I find it overly commercialised and cheesy and, if I’m honest, rather cringeworthy. I don’t think there’s anything romantic about being 10th in line to buy a dozen red roses three times their usual price in your local supermarket, or sitting...
Littlest adores superheroes. Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man. He’s not fussy. Any old hero with a cape and a mask and he’s in his element, saving the world and getting the baddies. He loves the action toys, the dress-up clothes, the theme songs, the clothing. While his big...
You’ve probably seen the meme on Facebook – starting the day like Mary Poppins and ending it like Cruella de Vil....
Paid collaboration with The Book of Everyone I can hardly believe Little Miss E is now eight years old. I know it’s a complete cliché but the years really have flown by. It seems like no time at all ago she was a tiny baby being placed in my arms...
Have you have ever been scrolling through Facebook or Instagram, seen a photo of a friend’s child and thought “I have that exact same photo of my kid”. It’s been happening to me a lot recently so with that in mind I put together this list of 19 photos I...
I loved having my children so close together. The three of them were born in four and a quarter years. Miss E was 21 months old when Little Man O was born and he was 2½ when Littlest Boy I came along. The year when I was on maternity leave...
*In association with Aviva Community Fund 2017* As the clock hits 10.30am, the 280 children of Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pont Siôn Norton Primary School in Pontypridd file out from their classrooms and onto the yard for their morning playtime. In the junior school yard, an orderly queue forms as many...
We all know having babies is knackering. Broken sleep, feeding and changing your baby in the middle of night, not knowing why they are crying, the physical demands if you are breastfeeding. We also all know having toddlers is tiring too with tantrums and toilet training and kids prone to...
It was a cup of milk that tipped me over the edge. I know they say there’s no use crying over spilled milk, but I couldn’t help it. My three-year-old had accidentally knocked a cup of the stuff over as he sat at the table eating his tea. He was...