How I Kid and Housework Proof my Nails and What Happens When You Take 6 Kids to the Dentist

Today I was not sure who I felt more sorry for, me, the dentist, other patients or the receptionist. Looking at squirming children's teeth must be bad enough, but doing it five times in a row and having to then put up with them using your dentists chair as a slide, jumping up and down...

Busy Mum Evening Skincare Routine

Like most people, I look forward to trying to wind down and relax in the evening, which generally involves avoiding things like treading on a slug with your bare foot at 10:30pm, (last night, don't even ask), clearing up a carpet of crushed breadsticks, (most nights, because obviously three plates of pasta at dinner is...

Family Trip to Glastonbury and Healthy Hidden Fruit Sugar Free pancakes 🥞

I am writing this from the depths of Glastonbury in Somerset, steeped in Arthurian legend, crystals, witches, organic everything and me and my 6 kids staying in my besties cottage. Today we took the kids to Glastonbury Abbey, mythical burial place of Queen Guinevere and King Arthur. It was a beautiful and idyllic afternoon, the...

Low Fat, Low Sugar, Dairy Free, Gluten Free Healthier Brownies and a Stressful Shopping Trip

When you have six children, a simple exercise such as 'popping to the shops', (how I long to just 'pop' to the shops-that word makes it sound so light, fresh and easy), and paying a cheque in at the bank becomes a mammoth expedition filled with shouts, screams, tears, sweat, weeing up against a tree...

Mother’s Guilt, How to Manage It and Why I Feel Terrible about What I Did Today

From the moment of birth, no actually from the moment we realise we're pregnant, most Mums feel guilty. 'Oh no, I didn't realise I was pregnant I've been smoking/ drinking/ doing cart wheels'. The guilt continues and continues. 'I didn't breastfeed, I feel guilty', 'I'm a working Mum, I feel bad for leaving kids', 'I'm...

Why A Homebirth Might Be the Right Choice for You. By a Mummy who had 4 Babies at Home

Ever watched 'Call the Midwife'? If you have you might know that up until about 70 years ago, most babies were born at home. My Dad was. It was the norm. Then came the NHS, wonderful institution that it is, ( that's not sarcastic by the way!), and for many different reasons which are beyond...

July Beauty, Food and Book Favourites ( And not so favourites).

Today has been full of some things which I haven't enjoyed quite so much. The horror of having a two year old tread fox poo on your sofa, hacking away at the ice at the back of your fridge that has built up so badly a jar has become encased in it, deciding to cook...

Delicious Sugar Free Vegan Fruity Porridge

I'm not a vegan. Sorry. Vegetarian I could quite happily be but life without cheese and chocolate? I just can't. However, as you've probably noticed, veganism is huge now. It's not just for animal welfare reasons, for lots of people it's about health, the environment or even budget so I think even a dedicated cheese...

Wake Up Make Up- How to Fake a Youthful Glow

As I sit down to write, I breathe a shaky sigh of relief. It's 10:20, the kids are raiding the biscuit barrel, the baby has not long wee'ed on my bare foot and at breakfast the five year old 'baptized' the baby with squash, (tipped a cup of squash over the baby's unsuspecting head). Being...

Healthy Turkey Burger and Chips…. and Surviving a Car Journey with the Kids

Have you ever set off on a journey, got absolutely everything ready, strapped the kids in, fed the baby up until the last minute, made sure everyone has been to the toilet 8 times even if they didn't want to go, packed a years supply of food, felt secretly a bit smug that really you...