RobynFeb 15, 20203 minTO BUMSHUFFLE OR TO CRAWL?A critical question for an almost one year old. The answer in this instance is to shuffle her wee butt around with daily increasing adept...
RobynAug 4, 20193 minREMEMBER THE MOMENTSBecause there were some beautiful ones. But holidays with three small children, they're hard work. This was not a holiday that's going t...
RobynJun 21, 20193 minTHE FAMILY BASKET Time to put the moses basket back in the loft. I wonder when it'll come down again. When I was pregnant with Sally, mum asked if I wante...
RobynJun 5, 20194 minBABY GEEK That would be me - not the actual baby. Although this is a picture of the baby being geeked which I know is off topic, but she's so dar...
RobynMay 2, 20193 minBATTLES WITH PLASTIC: NEW STUFFI got some goodies from Klean Kanteen Pip needed a drinks bottle and the Lifeventure flask I bought about five years ago has lost part of...
RobynApr 27, 20193 minITS REAL NAPPY WEEK! What good timing with all the climate change activism happening at the moment. I've written about why I like cloth nappies a couple of ti...
RobynApr 18, 20193 minTWO POUND ADVENTURESWoodland trails at Basildon Park. Three pounds, a map for a route around a field and a Cadbury's Easter Egg at the end? No thank you. W...
RobynApr 17, 20192 minEASTER BISCUITINGSeriously, how long are these holidays? These are some of the things that happened when I decided to make biscuits with the small people....
RobynApr 12, 20195 minEQUAL OPPORTUNITY TOESThis morning Sally asked me if I would paint her toe nails, I had no particular reason to refuse and it seemed a suitable carrot to hold ...
RobynApr 6, 20194 minBATTLES WITH PLASTICCHEEKY WIPES - These ought to be mandated for all new parents. These arrived in the post this week. They are the best. They are also th...
RobynApr 2, 20194 minHAPPY MOTHER'S DAYOn Wednesday morning this week, Pip pulled one of his socks off and told me he had crayon on his toes. He was half right, I suspected it...
RobynMar 23, 20194 minBAKING MADNESSNo, the other way around. Baking to keep me sane. I fall in and out of being a regular baker. I've been rather better at it over the las...
RobynMar 22, 20193 minA FORTNIGHT OF FIRSTAnd a few lasts too. This having a new number three baby is an odd thing. It wasn't until I had Pip that I realised that I really liked ...
RobynMar 6, 20193 minA NEW NORMALAs I write this wind is lashing at the window and the sky is the gloomiest early March can muster. This time last week, it was the last ...
RobynFeb 16, 20193 minTO MY HUSBANDSometimes I forget to tell my husband how excellent he is. Well, actually, I tell him quite a lot, but to draw a comparison from the last...
RobynFeb 1, 20193 minBEST LAID PLANS AND ALL THAT JAZZ.Last week I was trying to do to much. Now I'm supposed to be doing nothing at all. You think you know what you're doing. You think you'...
RobynJan 20, 20194 minBIG BOY BED AND MUSICAL FURNITURE New beds have arrived and I'm starting to freak out about the arrival of baby three. Things always happen in an awkward order and there i...
RobynDec 30, 20183 minDEAR MELISSA AND DOUGWe love you; why don't you like us enough to give us lids? I really don't get it. The boxes are nice and wooden and contain all manner o...
RobynDec 29, 20183 minLESS NASTY IN THE BATHROOM - THE CHILDREN It doesn't get me any points in the battles against plastic, but it is a tick in the smaller, nicer companies column - Childs Farm sell ...
RobynDec 21, 20184 minA COUPLE OF BOOKSPenelope Lively - again - How it all Began & Roald Dahl's My Uncle Oswald Sometimes there are days that are just a bit less hard. Someti...