It’s no secret if you follow us on Instagram that we’ve been having a little bit of trouble getting Violetta down to sleep recently! With the arrival of the heatwave came the demise of her incredible bedtime routine. My calm, easygoing girl who was being popped in her cot awake and seeing herself off to … Continue reading A Big Bed for a Little Girl
It's the summer holidays! Shout it from the roof tops!! This is my first real summer holiday with a little toddler in tow (last year I worked throughout - and while I plan to work a fair amount this summer I will be limiting it to 2/3 days a week and giving my little one … Continue reading It’s the Summer Holidays!
A couple of weeks ago we were in Italy on holiday and one evening, while in the apartment earlier than everyone else thanks to a sleeping baby, I started browsing Facebook. Scrolling through a lot of noise, my attention was drawn to a post from The Baby Show (who I have been following since falling … Continue reading The Baby Show – Photoshoot
Violetta is now 16 months and travelling with her now is a whole new ball game! Her Papa's extended family live in a rural town near Rome in Italy and it was finally time to take our little lady our there to visit everybody. Before we left I decided it would be best to pack … Continue reading Travelling with a Toddler
What do you do when you know you have it in you to do great things, affect people's lives in a positive way through your work and build a successful company that can grow as you do, but you can't work out how to find the hours in the day to do it? If you … Continue reading The Quest for the Perfect Work/Life Balance
Since her first birthday, Little V has decided that sleeping at night is totally overrated. She's never been an amazing sleeper, but I've never complained about having to get up two or three times a night to resettle her for another 4-6 hour stint. It's always been a case of a cheeky little feed and … Continue reading No Sleep for Mummy!
The Story of the Birth of Little V. To begin with let me give you a little bit of context. I had a very unusual pregnancy. Due to a catalogue of pre-existing autoimmune conditions, I was placed under the high risk team at St Thomas’s Hospital in London. Early on in the pregnancy I became … Continue reading My Birth Story
This morning I was super tired when Little V woke up, and decided we'd have a little snuggle in bed and watch a show. The first children's programme I got to was Channel 5's Milkshake and the show currently playing was Peppa Pig. We've never watched it before but I've been aware of all the … Continue reading What is the deal with Peppa Pig?
There's been a huge hype in the news and online this week about the letter that has been sent home from a London school, requesting that the children do not dress up as footballers, pop starts or famous you tubers for their 'My World of Work Day' as these are 'great ambitions, but so hard … Continue reading Let them be Little
To the Daddy of my children, The main man in my life, The one who’s always there for me, From the girly who’s your wife. We’ve been on quite a journey And the last year’s been a blast. But now I’m heading back to work, I knew maternity leave couldn’t last. From growing … Continue reading Maternity Leave is Over
