Baby Pip is 9 months old today. Out for almost as long as she was in. I think 9 calender months is about 39+2 and Pip came at 40+5 so not quite a precise measurement,… View Post

Pip has started waving at herself every time she sees her reflection. Between waving, emptying things, clapping, crawling and trying to either get the cat or eat the cat’s food, life is busy round these… View Post

Like most blogging mothers, I came across Hattie‘s blog, Free our Kids, a couple of weeks ago and it’s been bothering me ever since*. So far as I can tell (and if I’m wrong, I… View Post

*a portrait of my child, once a week, every week in 2013* I love snow. I love the way when you wake up in the morning and it’s been snowing, the very light and sound… View Post

I started a far more interesting post yesterday, on bringing up a girl. But that was before my girl vomited all over the dental nurse, then a while later all over me. After stripping to… View Post