With Fathers Day just around the corner I was about to start to panic. We have been so busy recently with our house renovations, new car and a weekend away this weekend. I hadn’t even had a chance to think about what to get my Dad for Fathers Day – never mind what Piglet would

Sometimes I find that I put too much pressure on myself. I don’t want to be that mum who doesn’t have her shit together. Obviously my friends any family know that I’m winging it every day, but I like to give off the vibe that I’m cool and collected. Of course I don’t worry about

We have been living at my parents for a few weeks now while our renovations are underway. My mum has been doing 90% of the cooking, which has meant my usual meal plans are fairly redundant! I’m not afraid to admit I’m finding the whole “make it up as we go along” routine quite stressful.

A whole month has passed since Mommy And Rory and I launched Bloody Brilliant Bloggers. It has been great seeing all the positivity going around and having everyone shouting from the rooftops who they think are great. It really makes me smile, and I know it has made some of the nominated bloggers feel great

When we were growing up we never called the TV remote a remote. It was always a Doo-Da. Embarrassing as it is to admit, I didn’t realise that wasn’t what they’re actually called until I was quite old. I knew they it was a remote – but it was also a Doo-Da. I was about

It is a bit of a running joke among those of us in the diabetes community that the way something will affect your blood sugar is dependant on the way the wind is blowing. You can do the exact same thing, eat the same foods and take the same amount of insulin and get wildly

I am the first to say that I’m not hugely into beauty products or cosmetics. I don’t wear much make-up, I wouldn’t know how to applying foundation without turning myself orange – and don’t even get me started on contouring! One thing I do care about though is my skin. Quite honestly I don’t want

When we bought our home over 18 months ago we had grand ideas of how we wanted it to turn out. We knew exactly what we wanted to do….. and then our plans changed. It turns out asking a hormonal pregnant woman what she wants is never a good ideas. That’s why we are only just

I’ll be honest – up until a month ago I knew absolutely nothing about Child Benefit. I thought I did, but the information I had was incorrect. That is why it has taken me until Piglet was 14 months old to put in a claim. We will get up to 3 months back dated, but we

When it came to picking an infant car seat for Piglet we had things pretty easy. I wanted a 5 point harness, and there was an offer on when we bought our pram that gave us a free infant car seat. So we took it and that was that! Moving on to the next stage