I  spent a rather pleasant but blustery afternoon with child #3 at our local school Summer Fair. Between the 3 of them, they have been to 5 schools (which I have just realised looks very bad on paper) so I have pretty decent overview of how these events go.

Someone left a Daily Mail in a reception that I had a long wait in. That is my justification for reading it. I didn’t buy it. Just wanted you to know that… Anyway, there was an article with the headline; “Motherhood was better in the 70s and 80s.” It dealt primarily with the fact that… Read More >

  I am going to be 40 this year.   I THINK I am supposed to be having some kind of crisis, but I am not….I don’t think, anyway.   Maybe I do examine and spot the flaws in the mirror more than usual.  Maybe the flaws are just a bit more noticeable…  The upside… Read More >

  The Mummy Manual – Part 1: The Very Best Things You Can Possibly Say When… …they feel lacking in confidence “You are amazing! Just as you are – and no-one in the Universe is quite like you.” …they are worried “I love you!  I will always love you – whatever happens. There is no… Read More >

    No bonus materials from us this week – will just point you to www.activityvillage.co.uk for all your Christmassy Downloady goodness… Worth the click – trust me. On to Christmas, Crimbo, Yuletide, The Season to be Merry, Xmas, Crimble and so on. Eating So… the turkey. Delia has somehow managed (in the same way… Read More >

So, you do a wee on a stick and then everything changes. Suddenly you are catapulted into a routine of medical checks, nappies, bottles, night feeds, nursery visits, preschool and school runs (allow 2 hours a day) Brownies, Cubs, football and dance classes, trips to the dentist/doctors, parent evenings, being robbed blind by shoe shops,… Read More >

Top 5 Husband Training Tips (or blokes in general)   1. Watching Telly When women settle down together to watch a TV show they all enjoy – lots of interesting things are happening. They sit in a position that ensures that everyone can have eye contact (often angled partly to the screen, partly to each… Read More >

Fussy Eaters. Grrrr. 1. They Won’t Starve Themselves. Chill out.  Research shows over and over that children are VERY UNLIKELY to not meet their daily calorie requirements. So focus instead on giving your child a healthy nutritional environment. Encourage them to explore new foods and to participate in cooking and food shopping. Let your child… Read More >

  YEEHAW –  (and a little less….BRITISH!)   I have a confession to make:   At WiggleWaggle, our classes will not have your child speaking fluent French, be the youngest ever Olympian or joining Mensa.   Sorry about that.   What we do, and do really well, is help to build your child’s confidence. We… Read More >

        This week. – a young Austrian, Felix Baumgartner, JUMPED FROM SPACE (reportedly as I type) faster than the speed of Sound! Amazing, inspirational, breathtaking, bold, brave – did you see his mum’s face? Extreme human behaviour. No Way Out? I had a conversation on Saturday night, about being trapped. Someone felt… Read More >

Welcome to Holland When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous holiday – to Italy. You buy guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the… Read More >

  The Solemn Promises of a FlippingUselessWife…..dot.com My husband says he has a blog. He says the address is: www.myflippinguselesswife.com I have put this in Google and nothing turns up – so hopefully it is a metaphorical rather than an actual one. Each time, for example; I run out of petrol, lose my phone, there… Read More >

    I’m Not Fat – I’m Pregnant! Pregnant? Congratulations! Exercising in pregnancy will improve your stamina, heart and lung health, sleep patterns, self-esteem, confidence, keep your muscles toned, keep from putting on too much weight, improve the overall health of both you and your baby and you are likely to have an easier birth… Read More >

  A Read-ey one for you! Children do as you do. Your child watches you to get clues on how to behave in the world. You’re her role model, so use your own behaviour to guide her. What you do is often much more important than what you say. If you want your child to… Read More >

Brrrr. It’s gone a bit cold. It really does seem such a long time since we chilled out in the sunshine. ..and the World keeps turning, bottles made up, nappies changed, bizarre costumes constructed for school, the Tesco shop, the toilet cleaned, countless dinners cooked/refused/coaxed into ungrateful tummies… the boring day-to-day stuff that just won’t go away…. Read More >

Just wanted to share some Buddhist philosophy that I hope is good timing for you. Take a look at an apple tree. There might be five hundred apples on the tree, but each apple has just ten seeds. That’s a lot of seeds! 

  How are you? I wanted to talk to you about your Mojo. If you are a mum, this is the ‘eyes down, look in, hold tight’…freefall towards Christmas. (incidentally – that bloody song was blasting out in WHSmith yesterday.  No Slade, it is not CHRIIIIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAS yet. Unimpressed.) I don’t want to make things any… Read More >

The Secret…Old People Know Stuff! (She wasn’t called Super-Gran for Nothing!) “First you are young; then you are middle-aged; then you are old; then you are wonderful” This update is short and sweet!  Please check out the past issues above for full-on motivation, charts, BMI calculators and all sorts. For now I just wanted to… Read More >

It’s Get off your Bum O’Clock!……….Actually it’s probably about 10 past. So how are you doing? You knew this was coming, we can’t put it off any more…the time has COME! I am going to be slightly more badass.