Meal Planning Monday: 15th April 2013
My ‘try something different’ each week is getting harder to do as most new recipes take a bit longer than the old favourites that I know I can whizz up really quickly or that don’t take long to cook. By…
Lifestyle
Baby hints and tips no.5: Washing and changing
Number five in my baby hints and tips series today, and this one’s on washing, changing and the whole hygiene caboodle. Like some other new mums, I’d never really been around babies before having N, so had no idea about…
Baby hints and tips 4: memories and family
Number 4 in my baby hints and tips series is a bit of a mix, but it’s based on memories and family time. Having a new baby is obviously a time when you’re finding your way and trying to work…
Baby hints and tips 3: Illness and crying
Unfortunately all babies and children get ill, quite often it seems like they may go from one cold to another. Thankfully (touch wood), N’s not been a child who’s been hit badly by various bugs and colds. He’s quite often…
Meal Planning Monday: 1st April 2013
This week’s likely to be a bit hit and miss on food, as I’m doing lots of hospital visits at the moment so food needs to be quicker than normal to prepare, and easy enough to be eaten later if…
Meal Planning Monday: 25th March 2013
I missed last week (the getting back into a new work routine), so linking up again with Mrs M’s Meal Planning Monday this week. Meal planning this week has been a bit vague, and a bit on and off as…
Role play meals
One of N’s current favourite games to play is anything that involves dishing up and playing with his selection of plastic food. He loves playing with kitchens – real or toy – although I decided (prompted by OH) that it…
Baby Hints and Tips 2: Feeding – milk
One thing that new mums always worry about is feeding their newborn (and even as they get older, the confusion can continue). Here’re some pointers that helped my friends and I as we were learning how to feed our babies….
De-cluttering
I’ve been de-cluttering quite a bit recently. Really, with the last 2-3 months not working, I really should have started it earlier. The craft drawers & boxes were first to be sorted out a couple of weeks ago, and now…
New job
After finishing my last job, I had the luxury of some time off job hunting. Toss up between big commute again (lots of available great jobs, mostly further than previously) and trying to find something closer to home (unlikely in…
Meal Planning Monday: 11th March 2013
This week is where things start to change routine-wise and we’re not sure what’s going to happen with teas now I’m back at work. Before I would have done my mail meal at work where possible as there was a…
