I have a real love-hate relationship with soft play. There are days when it is my saviour and I’m aware that we modern-day parents have so much to be thankful for. But it isn’t all perfect, right? Here’s 35 things I think you’ll know if you take your kids to...
Where better to start our role as Cadw blogger ambassadors than Caerphilly Castle? It’s the biggest castle in Wales, the second biggest in the UK after Windsor, and is just a 10-minute drive over Caerphilly Mountain from our home in North Cardiff. The grey-stone structure, complete with turrets and a...
I’m so excited to announce that Cardiff Mummy Says is officially a Cadw blogger ambassador! Over the coming year, we’ll be visiting and writing about some of Wales’s most important monuments and castles, helping to promote our country’s heritage and letting you know about forthcoming family-friendly events and activities. Plus...
I’m sat at home writing this while Cardiff Daddy has taken all three of our children out for the morning. I’m in the middle of doing some other much more important work, but this is on my mind and if I don’t get it written down, it’ll keep bubbling away....
As regular readers of my blog will know, we eat a lot of soup in our house. I love it, and as a result, so do my three children. I came up with this recipe a couple of years ago when I was craving soup but didn’t have any fresh...
A few years ago, one of my friends told me I had to buy Little Beauty by Anthony Browne. We’d met at baby signing class and were talking about how amazing it was to see our children communicating before they could even speak. Knowing about my obsession with children’s books,...
Did anyone else read the headlines earlier this week lamenting mums who text while breastfeeding and find themselves wanting to shout “shut the f*** up” at the people who came up with this ridiculous theory? As if we mums aren’t criticised enough for everything we do or don’t do, we’re...
Remember when your social life used to take place in pubs and bars or restaurants? Now, going out with friends is such a palaver, trying to coordinate calendars so everyone’s other halves or babysitters are available so they can go out, or knowing someone’s child will be sick so they’ll...
I’m feeling a bit sorry for myself today. I’m completely full up with a cold, my eyes and nose are streaming, I have a sore throat and a pounding headache that won’t shift. As I said to Cardiff Daddy this morning as I dragged myself reluctantly out of bed, if...
I love this time of year as far as fashion is concerned. The sun always seems to shine in September, yet there’s usually a slight chill in the air, meaning it’s all about knitwear and boots for me, but without the need to fully wrap up as in winter. But...
Yesterday, at around 11am in the morning, I reached an amazing milestone on Cardiff Mummy Says. Half a million page views on my blog! That means my posts have been viewed over 500,000 times. Five hundred thousand! That’s amazing! I want to say thank you to each and every one...