5 Things Every Mum Needs at Night…

After a day that started at the crack of dawn (or if you’re a mum of a newborn, at 4.30 am possibly), then got busier and crazier with the school-run and toddler groups and tantrums and after-school classes, and then ended in bedtime drama, you…

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Six things every first-time mum-to-be must do…

All you pregnant-for-the-first-time mums-to-be, here’s some heart-to-heart advice from one rookie mum to a rookie-mum-to-be. Don’t take these for granted, EVER, because once you’re a mum, you will long for… 1. Sleep This is THE number one thing a new mum craves for – night and…

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Mumspeak: A glossary of mum-only words

Every sect/cult/group has its own lingo. Even babies and toddlers (yeah, really, read about that here). So why should mums – that large group of women who can be identified by dark circles, spit-up stained clothes, greasy hair and a perpetual look of tiredness on…

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Confessions of an Exhausted Mummy

Every mum has a few skeletons in her (baby/toddler) closet. The time she accidentally fed her baby normal milk instead of formula during a sleepy 3 am feed. Or put her anti-wrinkle under-eye gel in baby’s mouth mistaking it for teething gel (in her defence,…

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