A letter to my son on his third birthday

Jonah wearing daddy's glasses

To my dear Jonah It’s your third birthday tomorrow. You’re only 3 years old, but it feels like you’ve always been with me – isn’t that funny? The boy who made me a mummy. The boy who helped me learn how to be a mummy. I’ve made quite a few mistakes, but you always forgive […]

What to expect at a toddler speech evaluation

What to expect at a toddler speech evaluation

Well, it’s been a while since I posted a parenting update. This is a long and somewhat cathartic post, but I hope if you have a toddler speech evaluation coming up, you’ll find it helpful. We’ve been concerned over my 2 year old son’s speech since June last year. It began at Jonah’s routine 2-year […]

Little Baby Bum Live Show review

Jonah and Martin at the Little Baby Bum live show

This post is a little bit different to my usual, but I’m itching to share our experience! I hope you enjoy my Little Baby Bum Live Show review! Have you heard of Little Baby Bum before? Some of my mama friends haven’t – some know it well. For those who haven’t, Little Baby Bum is […]

Best of Natural Beauty with Baby 2017

Best of Natural Beauty with Baby 2017

Ah, New Year’s Eve. It’s that time of year where people around the world take stock of the year that has been, and look towards the coming year with fresh hopes and dreams. It’s the same for me – I’ve been blogging almost a year now, and I’d love to share with you the best […]

My toddler’s first haircut

My toddler's first haircut

This week, we booked my toddler’s first haircut. It’s safe to say I’ve been quite anxious about it all week. If you’ve been following my blog or Instagram, you’ve probably experienced the loveliness that is my son’s hair. It’s beautiful, and fast becoming part of his personality. But it does seem a little untamed when he’s […]

Birchfield Farm Pumpkin Festival review

Birchfield Farm Dairies Pumpkin Festival review

Birchfield Farm Pumpkin Festival runs from the 14th to the 15th October, and the 21st to the 31st October 2017. It is open from 10am to 4pm. The farm is in Summerbridge, a few miles out of Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It’s in the valley of Nidderdale – an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We travelled […]

Photography post – Jonah enjoys the wild flowers

Enjoy the flowers – Jonah and Mummy

Stockton-on-Tees is our home town – we live just outside of the centre of Stockton in a village called Norton. Along with Billingham, it’s one of the most northerly places in Stockton borough. This year, local people have been getting really excited because the council seeded beautiful wild flowers instead of planting rigid rows of […]