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  • Cuddle rooms: DIY and IKEA hack inspiration for little people

    Cuddle rooms: DIY and IKEA hack inspiration for little people

    Don’t want your children’s room to look exactly like page X of brand catalogue Y? Me neither! Here are some adorable, mostly DIY, marvelously ingenious kids’ projects from creative mums and dads from around the world. Some of these come with tutorials and they are super-easy – and reassuringly cheap – to make (so, no excuses!) using items from the […]

    8 years ago

  • A Realist’s Guide To Becoming a Mum

    A Realist’s Guide To Becoming a Mum

    You can’t really prepare to be a mum and nothing can really prepare you for what motherhood throws at you. Best advice I ever got: “Expect the unexpected!” This is a realist’s guide to expectant motherhood, which might – or might not – help you keep your sanity after birth and beyond. Your newborn will […]

    10 years ago

  • Children’s Birthday Parties: The Dos, Dont’s and The Arghs

    Children’s Birthday Parties: The Dos, Dont’s and The Arghs

    Remember children’s parties? They used to be easy. You knew what to expect. Everybody seemed to have fun. No one ended up broke after those three to four hours of silly fun. Kids were generally happy with their presents. There were no special dietary requests, no gift suggestions sent weeks in advance, no fancy stationery […]

    11 years ago