Top Tips: Chores for Toddlers

Okay, I know what you are thinking! Charlotte, you are not a tidy person, why on earth are you handing out chore tips?! Well, I need someone in this house to be tidy and it is too late for Nerr...

Cry me a River: Self confessions of wallowing

"What, you don't have a TV!?" An old friend exclaimed. One of which I haven't seen in literally years. "What do you do in the evenings then?" "I don't know... I  am just too crazy busy with working and being...

Snow Storms and Thunderous Toddlers

  "Let it snow let it snow let it snow." This song has Literally been spinning around in my head for the last few days. The insanely catching song which may of influenced my subconscious mind, with the crazy idea...

Will the Real Charlotte Please Stand up? Please Stand Up: A mummy self-identity crisis

Oh yeah, that's​ refers to an Eminem lyric. Look at me I am such a rebel. It just hit me the otherday that I have no idea what I like doing. I am guiltily craving 'me' time. Like almost as much...

Top tips: 6 ways to cut down on plastic!

Plastic is the name. Plastic is the game. Plastic seems to literally be everywhere. Like everywhere. But there is something particularly tempting about the stuff once parenthood hits. I mean It is water proof, smash proof and wipeable. But it...

Sink Tetris

This game is a favourite of my husband and I's. Sink Tetris. This bad boy sneaks out to play during particularly bad patches of sleep. The aim of the game? Stack as carefully as you can without breaking anything. This...

Jaws: the biting baby edition

During pregnancy you often imagine what it is like to experience your child's first milestones. Their first smile. Their first step. Their first day of school. Oh how wonderful those moments will be/are. I had not considered the slightly less...

Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness: not in our household!

Parenthood is a lot like student life. You  are up at all hours of the night. Naps become a daytime norm. You only shop during off peak hours.The microwave becomes your best friend. And of course you have that one...

Savoury Sweet Potato Pancakes with Dip: baby led weaning recipe

Little Man loves sweet potato. My husbamd loves sweet potato. Who doesn't love sweet potato?  So here is a sweet potato recipe for you to enjoy! I am still hunting for cereal free breakfasts. I realised that my sugar addicted...