Raising Mabel: Baby Proofing
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: She’s on the move. At the start, I was like, ‘aw, look she’s managed to get all the way over there!’, now, it’s a lot more like, ‘Aaargh… put down that sharp and lethal implement … stop eating the soil out of that plant pot … get down off that tall ledge’ – Read the Rest »
Brilliant books for your Little Learner with a FAB FREE GIVEAWAY
Every now and again, here at Mabel’s Log we get sent something really lovely. And when that happens, because we like to think we’re generous souls, we’re more than happy to share it with YOU. You are welcome. It just so happens that over at Parragon Books, they are VERY excited to have launched a Read the Rest »
Raising Mabel: A Rural Education
I was raised in the middle of nowhere. I suppose it’s technically a village, but in reality it’s like a large gust of wind came and blew a row of ramshackle farms and cottages, scattering them across a dale. You would certainly pass through it completely unaware that you’d been anywhere at all. It was Read the Rest »
Retro Revival – Cute and Classic Baby Names
This week we’ve got the lovely Nina Koo-Seen-Lin, wonderful writer and reviewer of children’s literature on kookytoon.blogspot.com, spilling the beans on the latest retro baby-naming trend. Sorry kids, but I’m in favour. Thanks Nina, over to you! When it comes to choosing a name for the new baby, it’s out with the new and in Read the Rest »
Jolly Easter hols for all the family
If the weather is going to carry on like this – blizzard-like but without the post-blizzard potential for sledging (just sub-zero slush, biting wind and near depression) – then we might need some ideas for keeping the kiddi-winks occupied next week. Luckily there are all sorts of shinanigans going on around Glasgow to be taken Read the Rest »
Raising Mabel – That thing they call ‘work-life balance’
Before I had a baby, I was sick and tired of my favourite magazines printing endless articles about how the most powerful and successful women amongst us have their cesarean section on their lunch break, are back in the board room that afternoon and don’t let their family put a freeze on their career. I Read the Rest »
Mabel Supports The ChildLine Schools Service
This week in the run up to Comic Relief, seen as we’re all feeling a little more charitable than usual, I thought I’d strike while the iron was hot and introduce you to an amazing project you may not be aware of yet. Shocking as it may sound, on average, at least two children in Read the Rest »
For Mother’s Day: TEN reasons why being a mum is MINT
This Sunday is Mother’s Day. Aware that I spend a LOT of my airtime here on Mabel’s Log sharing disastrous stories and motherhood trauma, I have decided today to vent all my cheesing potential on a single article celebrating ONLY the GOOD BITS. That is RIGHT. NO SARCASM ALLOWED. Deep breath. 1. They love you. Read the Rest »
Mums On The Run
Yesterday I had my first baby-free day in seven months. If you had told me before Baby M was born that I wouldn’t spend more than a couple of hours apart from her until now, I would have been seriously alarmed. But the truth is that the time has flown by, I haven’t necessarily needed Read the Rest »
Make a SUPER COOL Bandana Bib
I love the cheeky bandana bibs that seem to be everywhere just now and have been meaning to have a go at making one for months. Baby M has a few and I’d like to think she looks like the coolest cat on the street when she’s wearing one. I mean, who wouldn’t want their baby to look like Read the Rest »
