Adventures in cloth nappying days 4 – 9
Oh, it all went horribly wrong! Of course I exaggerate, but like seriously, it did go a tad wrong. I gave up on all-in-one nappies altogether because they just seem like an awful lot...
View ArticleOn how words affect you in every way
Roz has been a big sister now for just over eight months and it’s been a big adjustment for the two of us. She’s become, in my kind, a fully formed child, despite my...
View Articletumbles and stumbles for years to come
My poor little baby. She’s beginning to master the art of crawling, and with it comes all the dangers. We’ve had to check the floor more often for paper, coins and other minute items...
View ArticleEarth Baby Fair review
Well, my three week loan with the cloth nappy library is over and I have to say that despite all my doubles, I actually miss using cloth. I’m back to disposables and while they’re a...
View ArticleA non review : The Longing of the Dervish
Synopsis: At the close of the nineteenth century, freed slave Bakhit is let out of prison with the overthrow of the mahdist state in Sudan. On the brink of death, all that has sustained him...
View ArticleThings to watch in May on Netflix : a StreamTeam post
It’s been a while since I did a Netflix post, but that’s because I’ve been too busy watching stuff! Seriously, there is some great TV on Netflix at the moment and it’s been hard...
View ArticleWhy don’t they design clothes for parents?
Like seriously, why don’t they? I was getting ready this morning and noticed that every single tip I had taken off at night over the week and put back in the wardrobe to be...
View ArticleParenting Win Wednesday
This week I’m celebrating a whole host of things which I’ll be telling you about, but especially today, I’m celebrating my beautiful little baby being 40 weeks out in the world. What an amazing 80...
View Article‘I thinka mighta gotta job…’
That’s one of my favourite lines in one of my favourite movies staring Damon Wayans and Marlon Wayans – Mo’ money. And I made sure to use it two weeks ago when I got...
View ArticleOn wearing sensible shoes to work
So today is day two in my new job, and I’m having to rethink my shoe wear. Where we lived before, for the last eight years, I was a maximum of one minute away...
View ArticleBook Review: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Synopsis: She left home for the stars, but found more adventure than she bargained for. A tense and intimate coming of age story in space. Her name is Binti, and she is the first...
View ArticleSlugs and snails and walking in fear of my sanity
It’s fair to say that the kids have broken me. Why on earth I thought two night owls would have children who went to bed early, I have no idea. None at all. They are as...
View ArticleNetflix tag 2017
It’s been a while since I wrote a post, lots of things going on furiously in the background, and I just haven’t been able to string a coherent thought together for the past two...
View ArticleBook review: The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas
Synopsis: Mee Ali has good reason to be thankful; she has is happy marriage. For some in her village, marriage turns out to be a loveless entrapment. Young Kauna defies convention by making no...
View Article10 things that make me happy
It’s been hard to see through the fog of tiredness this week. I keep thinking about sleep, and all the administration things I have to do around my own life in the three hours...
View ArticleBook Review: The last brother by Nathacha Appanah
Synopsis: Raj is oblivious to the Second World War being fought beyond his tiny exotic island. His mother is his sole company while his father works as a prison guard, so the boy thinks...
View ArticleThe importance of black cosplay
So yesterday, we had our weekly Netflix night, when Roz and I (and now Elle) get into our PJs by seven thirty, choose a movie or series, get some junk food and relax at...
View ArticleShows you may have missed in August on NeflixUK
August was a whirlwind of new shows on Netflix, some of which I was lucky enough to catch and some I’m still bingeing on at the moment. I think either months are getting shorter...
View ArticleCatching up
Hi. After what seems like forever, I’m back. And no, this time it wasn’t writer’s block. I just split myself too many ways and had to cut something out of my life. And unfortunately,...
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