Hamza al-khateeb, tortured and killed whilst in custody 15 School Children On 6th March 2011, 15 school children, between the ages of 10 and 15, from the town of Deraa were arrested, and tortured, fo...
They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. Ever read this poem by Philip Larkin? You can read the ...
WMAS – Washing Machine Aversion Syndrome is an affliction that affects many, but is rarely spoken about. In the main it seems to afflict men once they start a family. As parenthood hits, men wh...
I woke up from a sneaky mid-morning nap at the weekend, to find this furry donkey staring at me from the neighbouring pillow. To my knowledge the Tinkerous Toddler has yet to watch The Godfather, so ...
I just had one of those encounters that no mum likes to have. It was with my darker side. A mainly lovely morning of pottering around together and getting some errands done just ended up with me igno...
Ah, the big Time Magazine Breastfeed Mom / Mum cover debate rages on! Surely, when it comes down to it, the most important thing any mother can do is to love her child and show that child love? Each ...
An Urban Beauty image with a bit of a twist this week; it’s not often that someone prone to depression lights up at the sight of a black dog. But I did today, as I walked through Museum Gardens...
For the last few months, I’ve been frequenting the lobby of a local hotel whilst the Tinkerous Toddler is at nursery. No, this isn’t the start of a confessional post of the Belle de Jour variety. Thi...
There was a young female journalist on breakfast TV news yesterday, talking about the number of teenage girls wanting to have plastic surgery by the time they are 16. She was talking about wanting to...
On first hearing yesterday’s news about the Government’s £100 vouchers for Parenting Classes as part of the Can Parent Scheme, my husband and I were very vocal about how ridiculous it all sounded. Th...
The East End of London might not sound like the most beautiful place in the world to live and bring up a child. But there is a certain urban beauty to it that makes me, my husband and the Tinkerous T...
As I journey through the wonderful world of parenting, it never ceases to amaze me how many ‘experts’ are on hand to give me a generous dose of advice, guidance or tips to help me become the perfect ...
Top Cat – that’s TC to his intellectual close friends – is back! And I was able to introduce him and his pals to the Tinkerous Toddler at an advanced screening in Leicester Square on Sunday. For me i...
The last thing I do as part of the Tinkerous Toddler’s bedtime routine is ask her if she’d like to listen to some music. She always says yes, even though what I usually play for her could...
My heart went out to Madeleine and the McCann’s when Madeleine disappeared. Then I had a child of my own. A daughter. A now very Tinkerous Toddler. A lively, full of fun little girl, who rocks ...
mother.wife.me I’ve got some amazing stuff going on at the moment. That’s amazing with a capital A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. All the hard work I’ve put into setting up my business over the past ...
mother.wife.me As regular visitors to mother.wife.me will know, I spend quite a bit of time ranting about the lack of support that mothers are shown in this country. A particular bugbear of mine is t...
mother.wife.me The people at Netflights understand that one of the most stressful parts of a family holiday is the travelling bit. Let’s face it, after several hours of car – airport R...
mother.wife.me Remember Top Cat – you know, the one who’s close friends get to call him T.C? Well he’s back! If you fancy the dual experience of taking a trip down memory lan...
mother.wife.me Yesterday the Tinkerous Toddler was delighting me with her role-playing prowess. She was being ‘me’. More than that, she was being ‘working me’. The me that rus...
mother.wife.me One thing that really piqued my interest whilst reading up on Montessori methodology, is that children aren’t made to say the word ‘sorry’. The thinking being that young children don’t...
mother.wife.me The Tinkerous Toddler and I are going along to a screening of Top Cat The Movie in a couple of week’s time. I was a huge Top Cat fan back in the day and I cannot wait to have my ...
mother.wife.me mother.wife.me is going back to school! Well, not quite. But I’m about to get seriously educated on the subject of education. Yip! I’ve undertaken to start editing a monthl...
mother.wife.meThe #BlogItForBabies campaign in support of Save The Children Build It For Babies is gathering pace and momentum every day. This film, featuring one Annie Spratt A.K.A Mammasaurus says ...
mother.wife.me …and unfortunately for us, today it has happened all over the lovely stripy rug in our living room. Yip, the Tinkerous Toddler has diarrhoea - why do I always have to get spellch...
mother.wife.me Voting on the BritMums Brilliance in Blogging Awards (BiBs) shortlist closes Monday 30th April at 5pm. The BritMums Brilliance in Blogging Awards celebrate the best of parent blogging ...
mother.wife.me Woot woot! The wonderful people at Anywhere Working have taken a liking to A Mother’s Work Meme and more importantly, to the wonderful responses to the meme from an ever-increasi...
mother.wife.meThe Tinkerous Toddler is two years old. She’s been at a Montessori nursery for just over a term. Given I made such a big song and dance about choosing a nursery, I thought it was about ...
mother.wife.me Toddler games. Don’t you just love ‘em! And don’t you just love the rules that toddlers play by when they are involved in a game?! The Tinkerous Toddler was sa...
mother.wife.me In the run up to the London Mayoral elections, Fawcett, the UK’s leading campaign for equality between women and men has been taking a look at equality in the Capital. The findi...
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