It’s been a sunny weekend, and that, combined with a Sunday morning lie-in, has helped make me feel almost spring-like. It certainly gave me a chance to count my blessings, so I’d like to thank the little so-and-sos for being so darling this week. Not paragons of virtue, certainly not angelic, but like all our children, perfect just as they are.

So, Tana Ramsay is Tesco Celebrity Mum of the Year. With this  kind of award, I’m always a bit, “so what?”. The mother of four beat off a host of other yummies, including Patsy Palmer, Natasha Kamplinsky and Linda Lusardi. Tana talked about a good parent needing the “patience of a saint”, something that it’s [...]

Inspired by Brit in Bosnia’s and 3 Bedroom Bungalow’s regular Dear So and So strand, here’s a version dedicated to some very little So and Sos; my sons. Of course I love them. Of course they make me laugh. And, of course, they drive me completely mad. One for them to look back on when they [...]

I’m still incensed by the Eight Boys and Wanting a Girl Cutting Edge TV documentary. And I still don’t get it. Mothers with a parade of gorgeous, healthy boys drinking cranberry juice, douching with diluted vinegar, and avidly reading online conception websites to see how many women managed to conceive a girl following such methods [...]