Category: My Mum Stuff
I’ve been a renter for nearly twenty years, with a short period of moving back in with my parents when I was in my early twenties. Since 2013 I’ve been a renter with a family. Let me tell you landlords, there’s quite a difference in property needs when you’re a …
If there is one craft I’m determined to learn this year, it’s crochet. Have you seen the unbelievably cute crochet patterns you can get? Why am I not making them already?! Something tells me my efforts won’t turn out exactly as they look in the pictures…but this year, I’m going …
Parents are probably the funniest people around. You just need to check out Twitter to see plenty of evidence of parents quick wit and humour, on an hourly basis! Parents make me laugh, because it’s all so relatable! What I’m loving at the moment is that it’s totally ok to …
One of the main things I remember from my days in hospital when the boys were born, was Lewi having an examination that made Dave and myself feel quite uncomfortable. It wasn’t explained to us that the consultants were looking for his undescended testicles. Two consultants came to my hospital …
I’m pretty sure it’s a given that most children go through a stage of loving dinosaurs when they’re little, and dinosaur books play a huge part in that! My twins first developed an interest in dinosaurs when they were two years old. I believe we have CBeebies Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures …
I recently witnessed something that really, REALLY annoyed me. And it made me question; when it comes to our children, what’s more important – manners or compassion? The other day I was at the playground with the boys. I was sat on a bench watching them play on the climbing …
So, I’ve been tagged by Stuart over at threetimedaddy.co.uk to do a post doing the rounds in the blogosphere entitled 10 Things That Make Me Happy. Contrary to what I initially thought, prioritising things that make me happy into a small list of ten things, was quite difficult. I’m not going …
When I was pregnant with the twins, I made the decision that I wouldn’t be breastfeeding them. It was quite an easy decision to make to be honest. I knew that bottle feeding would mean I could share the load with my husband, but more so (I’m sure I’ll get …
Many people, especially new mums of singletons, have asked me how I coped as a new mum of twins. I give the same quite honest answer to everyone. I cried – a lot! Don’t get me wrong – my love for them was truly overwhelming. So overwhelming, that at times …
When the twins were born, Dave and I were fully prepared with everything we needed. Double of everything, basically. What we hadn’t expected, and were not prepared for, was the barrage of comments we’d get from the public. From the rude, to the intrusive, to the downright way too personal …