This is another quick and simple recipe that we discovered watching the C-Beebies programme I Can Cook. It is a great one to make with your toddler or even older children. For these vegetable samosas you will need: 1 carrot, precooked 1 spring onion 3 small new potatoes, peeled and cooked 1 large tablespoon of peas 6 sheets of filo pastry 1 large tablespoon of curry paste, we used tikka masala paste 2 tablespoons of vegetable or olive oil Firstly on a chopping board chop the carrot and potatoes into approximately 1cm size chunks using a table-knife. Place these in a ...
Kiddy Consumerism or Motherly Love?
Hattie Garlick, writing in yesterdays Telegraph, has vowed that she will not be spending a single penny on her two year old son in 2013. Interestingly she made this decision prior to being made redundant and finances I imagine becoming more tightly stretched. My initial incredulousness reduced slightly as she laid out her plan: Clothes will come only from swaps with friends or bundles from free-cycle. Toys the same. Little Garlick will be getting no rice cakes this year and apparently will only be consuming portions of the three meals eaten by his parents. Haircuts will be done at ...
Why I love the NHS…
" Now I don't want you to panic but..." The one phrase virtually guaranteed to evoke the exact opposite of the requested outcome. Two weeks ago I was on the receiving end of this phrase. Many moons ago I was the deliverer. I remember it well. I was in my final year at university. I was in the middle of the road at 8am. In my pyjamas. Phoning my dad. Watching our house burn and smoulder. I am nothing if not resourceful in an emergency though. On my way out of the inferno I did manage to grab BOTH my mobile and my Marlboro Lights....and even my lighter! I was an ardent ...
Silent Sunday: 04/11/12
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Reasons To Be Cheerful
This is my first time joining in with this particular meme but you know what, I am actually feeling pretty cheerful so thought I would share some happiness rather than my usual angst/gloom/can't-believe-I-just-did-that-I-am-such-a-rubbish-mum-ness. So here are my reasons to be cheerful this week. 1. Crafty Crafty I have just bought my first ever sewing machine and I am loving it. Now I am not generally the domesticated type but now W is getting bigger I am finding that I want to do more and more craft activities with him, especially when the weather isn't great. Sewing is honestly ...
Product Review: Philips Avent DECT Baby Monitor
When my old baby monitors gave up the ghost after 18 months I was delighted when Philips kindly offered to send me a new set to review. Now some of my regular readers may have had a little giggle at the somewhat, let's say retro-appearance when I posted this shot of the old ones... ...so I was delighted when the parcel arrived and I unpacked these. They look somewhat more modern don't you think? The other truly delightful thing was that they were ready to use. We simply plugged in the baby unit and we were good to go. We have now used them for over a month and here are the best ...
Surviving the Terrible Twos
If you have hit upon this post in the hope of answers to the above I fear you will be dreadfully disappointed. Unless my lovely readers can leave me some helpful comments. *Hopeful stare.* This is less of a post and more of a plea. Someone must know what to do. I kind of suspect Mr B and I may have brought this upon ourselves. You see we made the fateful mistake of being... SMUG PARENTS. You know the ones. The ones with the child that SLEEPS. And EATS EVERYTHING you give him. And SMILES ALL THE TIME, at EVERYONE. The ones you secretly hate. We WERE those ...
Bear-hugs and bed-bumps
Five. Seventeen. A. M. This is the time I was rudely awoken this morning by the boy's cries. Actually, this is not strictly true, it was probably 5:14 as I definitely spent three minutes with my eyes clamped tightly shut, willing myself and him back to sleep, not looking at the clock, and wishing, not for the first time, that he had come with a mute button installed. You would think I would have learnt by now that this approach is utterly futile. He wasn't giving up. So at 5:17 I drag my sorry arse across the landing to see what is up. Nappy check-fine. Comforter-all present ...
Can you protect your child TOO much?
I am a worrier. I worry to my bones about anything and everything. I worry so much that I even grind my teeth at night in my sleep, much to Mr B's annoyance. To be fair to him though it must sound HORRIFIC. Almost as horrific I imagine as the speech-intolerant jaw-ache I am left with for the first two hours of the morning. "Tea?" "Yeshh pweerz." Now that the boy is on the move my worry, no my downright terror levels have hit a new high. I vaguely remember having a whinge on here at some point at how long it took him to learn to crawl. What was I thinking? Those days were ...
Saturday is Caption Day: 30/06/12
Finally, I am back in the land of the laptop...hooray, and what better way to celebrate than with a good game of #SatCap. It has been a little while folks but you know what to do. I post the picture. You leave me a few funny captions in the comments below. Then we all head on over to the mighty Mammasaurus for some more giggles. So, here we go... Bring on the funny! Happy weekend folks, and to those lovely folks who are meeting up with me tonight...what are you wearing? (You don't have to answer that babberblog.) ...
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