We were just sitting at the dining table, after dinner, playing with the playdough(*), while Chris took the dog out for his evening walk. One of my favourite things to do with playdough is roll it into balls (adventurous, I know). I find it quite a soothing activity and love …
Yesterday, Rosemary had her first play date. Well, it was the first time she had a friend round to play, rather than a cousin or a younger child of one of my friends. N goes to the same playgroup and lives round the corner, and they’ve got on extremely well …
Kim Hong from Fleishman Hillard sent me a Pampers Golden Sleep Kit recently. It contained: Golden Sleep Guide Fairy fabric conditioner Golden Sleep ‘Taggies’ sleep comforter Golden Sleep CD of lullabies £1 Pampers vouchers If you want a chance to win a kit of your own, you can fill out …
Alice Johnstone from Seventy Seven PR sent me a pack of Derma H2O’s new product Water Wipes recently. Water Wipes contain 99.9% water and 0.1% grapefruit seed extract, and nothing else. They are therefore completely suitable for use on newborns. Once opened they last for a minimum of three months. …
The lovely Emily, at Maternal Tales from the South Coast, has kindly bestowed upon me this MEME award. Rules of the award need me to list 7 personality traits and pass it on to 7 other wonderful blogs. So… Mild OCD. Is that a personality trait? Of course, most people …
So last night we had to pay a visit to the delivery suite. ‘Huh?’ You may be asking. ‘Isn’t it Dancinfairy who’s supposed to be giving birth any second now?’ ‘I know Rosemary was early, but 29 weeks is taking it a bit far!’ Yes, all of this is true. …
There seem to be a number of birth stories floating around the mummy blogosphere at the moment (and, yes, I do mean Mummy, not Parenting in this case, as I haven’t as yet seen any Daddy bloggers posting birth stories – correct me if I’m wrong, please, as it would …
We are back from our week in Normandy and, as is always the case with holidays, it’s already fading away amid the mists of the daily grind. We had a lovely time and, whatever anyone else says about going away with one’s in-laws or parents, we didn’t have any issues. …
Yesterday, after nursery school, Rosemary wanted to watch Willy Wonka (for like the gazillionth time in a week). So, on it went and I started pottering around getting a bit of washing-up done (dishwasher is on the blink, and we’re waiting until we get back from France before calling in …
Following in the footsteps of A Modern Mother and The Wife of Bold, I thought we would see what Rosemary would come up with. And I thought it was only fair to ask her the same questions about Chris. Here are the results: Mummy What is something Mummy always says …
