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Being a family of five

Review of our experience as a new family of five, and how we’ve adapted to our new situation during the pandemic.

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Big news from the FF family

Boyzilla – the story of a threenager

A few weeks ago I thought about starting this post and simply didn’t know where to begin. I was truly starting to wonder if we had a serious problem. I don’t know, because I haven’t done this before, but just how naughty can little boys actually be? Big Brother has been playing up, and down, […]

Baby brain – true fact or un peu de bull?

I’ve been back at work for a few months now. I’ve been juggling like a … clown (that could work both ways) and I’m officially a parent to two littles who are getting larger. Time is flying and life is happening far too quickly. I mostly get sleep, I mostly get sustenance and I even, […]

Balls (and the juggling thereof)

The reality of family life

Bossy

It has been brought to my attention recently that I am bossy. Bossy! Moi? Shut the front door!! You are too fricking right I am bossy. I own bossy, and about 20 million pairs of bossy boots to go with it. Just as a quick reminder, I am the eldest of four girls; my mum saw […]

Boisterous

Boisterous is a word I use frequently to describe Boddler. From my perspective, it’s no coincidence that the word sounds like a hybrid of “boy” and “monstrous”. Boisterous actually means cheerful, noisy, energetic, like “a boisterous group of lads”. That’s a particularly apropriate example in this context. Lads. The terrible twos are hitting hard over here […]

Bittersweet bifurcating

I was flicking through some trashy magazines at the hairdressers last week (first time I’ve been solo since pre Bebette days – the hot tea and trash was amazing) and I couldn’t help but notice the number of distressing stories about couples with new babies whose partnership is “on the rocks”. The story goes like […]

Boys who (dress) like girls who (dress) like boys who (dress) like boys…

Gender neutrality. The hot topic of the moment. The words that scream equality and seek to avoid discrimination. In the world of bebes, this “movement” (for want of a better word) is increasingly reflected in the way we choose to dress our children, the books we read, the toys we give them, the way we […]

Breastfeeding: the sequel

A review of the experience of breastfeeding for the second time in the UK