I glanced at my watch, I needed to leave the house at 12.45pm and it was fast approaching 12.10pm. My bag was by the door filled with its usual goodies ranging from nappies to wipes to excess loo roll in case anyone got caught short or had a sneeze of epic proportions. I was dressed, each of the children were dressed, we were all calmly eating Omelettes for lunch. In theory nothing should … [Read more...]
Jul 19, 2011
Parenting: Potty Training: Keep them incontinent ~ northernmum
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A good friend of mine texted me today to tell me her son had christened the potty for the first time. I hasten to add her that she was also texting to say hi and wasn't just regaling me with more poo stories. However, whilst remaining proud of her adorable little lad for firmly 'dropping one' in the pot; it was all I could do to not text back shouting; "Noooooo don't do it. Potty … [Read more...]
Jun 26, 2011
how to kill an old bird…
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I've been on a journey this weekend, its all been, well, a bit odd, different and unusual. I haven't seen my children for nearly thirty hours which means that for that time period I have not had to raise my voice to squeaky screech level; wipe food/dirt/sudacrem off my clothes with a baby wipe; clean up anyone else bodily functions or listen to anyone spontaneously burst in melodramatic false … [Read more...]
May 11, 2011
No time to say goodbye…
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This morning life was normal, it made sense, you were still in my world and my world was complete. Had I known that last night would be the last time I would talk to you and the last time I would look upon you I would have said more than simply 'goodnight.' I would have told you how much you meant to me, I would have told you I cared, … [Read more...]
Mar 10, 2011
Toilet terrors
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I fear I may be getting a reputation in the blogging world. I was chatting to the lovely Kirsty over at Imperfect Pages; and she confessed she had recently had a poo incident and offered for me to publish it over here on my blog. Kirsty has a lovely blog, way more philisophical and ethical than I could ever dream mine to be; and I agree her latest post would probably feel more at home on my … [Read more...]
Dec 30, 2010
emergency measures: I need a poo
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Its inevitable isn't it. We just ate brunch at my parents home up north and have managed to pile ourselves, the dog, half of argos, some of Mothercare and a lot of toys r us in the car in order to undertake the excruciatingly painful drive back south when twin girl declares 'I need a poo'. We are six miles from my mothers house, twin girl is buried in the back of the car behind a German Shepherd, … [Read more...]
Oct 16, 2010
Supernanny never had to deal with this
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The things Supernanny doesn’t have to deal with The moment my eyes were forced into action this morning I knew it was going to be 'one of those days'. As the world outside our brown front door slumbered on with sweet Saturday snores our weekend began with bleach and bathroom battles. It was a gentle surprise this morning to find twin girl in front of my eyes as I peeled them open in … [Read more...]
Sep 9, 2010
Who needs an alarm clock when…~ Northernmum
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I remember when we decided to have a baby, the batteries on the alarm clock had ran out and rather than buying some new ones, myself and he who helped create them thought it would make good financial sense to have a baby which would guarantee we would never sleep past 7am again (ever). How we smiled when we found out we were having two babies, so if one new baby alarm clock failed we could … [Read more...]
Sep 5, 2010
Family time on Sunday
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Today was different. Now twin one and two are at school the pressure is really on me and he who helped create them to have proper ‘family time’ at the weekend. God forbid in their therapy sessions later in life they comment that we stunted their development in life by occasionally staying in on the weekend and not hitting every farm, playground, duck pond, and theme park in a 25 mile … [Read more...]
