Welcome to plus the dog

Breastfeeding is terrifying when you first start. Initially, it dosen't seem to be working because you can't tell anything is coming out...

I am not a runner. I'm going to start with that. In the interest of complete honesty, I am not a runner, never have been, probably never...

Today is one of The Girl's days at nursery. She still does a few days a week, despite me being off on maternity again. It means I get a...

The husband and I have always been keen on travel. We used to try to go somewhere new or different when we went on holiday. Not...

The Dog has her food at 6pm every day. She gets other bits and bobs during the day, but 6pm is Big Food Time. To say she gets excited is...

Today was a really big day for the husband at work. The Girl still has a cough, which she has passed to The Boy, who woke up to feed more...

Breastfeeding is hard work. It really is. Both emotionally, when it dosen't quite go to plan (or even when it does and it is just really...

The Boy is nearly 4 months old.  He has his own little pattern of behaviour that is not so much a routine but is vaguely predictable at...

I am super mum! I should put that into context. If you read my post from Tuesday you will know about how Tuesday kicked my ass. It didn't...

Today was one of those days. We went out this morning to do a toddler friendly activity. I have to do something with The Girl because if...

Round the corner, not far away, a little girl hardly ever watched TV. We used to carefully record specific programs we liked her watching...

Some things people told me about second babies that didn't apply to me: Second babies always come early (er, no...!)Second babies just...

Today is my last day at work before finishing to go on maternity leave to have my second baby. I have left it late this time - there are...

We have officially been in the new house a month now...a whole month. The boxes are unpacked and the toddler refers to her new bedroom as...

I have thaught a long time about this post. I need to talk about the subject, but it's huge, and I don't honestly know where to start. A...