Dear old Ed Miliband took a real bashing over the so called Mansion Tax from Myleene Klass this week on ITV’s, The Agenda. Myleene tore strips of Ed defending Granny’s in their £2 million pound homes, but was she any where to be seen when the Tories imposed the bedroom tax on those less fortunate?…
When little Pudding was first born, and I started being able to get out and meet other Mums again, there was a lot of chat about how to entertain your toddler after a newborn had arrived. As us mothers do, we swapped activities we liked, parks that worked and cafes that could accommodate. One of…
I was pretty focused on not introducing food to little Pudding until 6 months old. To be fair that is only 2 weeks away now, and if she had been born on her due date it would only be three days away. Little Pudding isn’t that little really, even though it is well documented throughout…
Before I started writing Zena’s Suitcase I literally had no idea about blogging and what it was all about. Mine has been a very accidental journey but I’m so glad I started it, because as all bloggers know, blogging totally rocks. It’s a pretty influential medium now, and it’s only going to get bigger. PR’s…
As you’ll come to learn about me, one of my huge failings in every aspect of my life is I lack consistency. I see myself as more or an organic individual that doesn’t necessarily follow a linear path. That’s my excuse for not keeping up with my 52 weeks of gratitude and I’m sticking to…
Little Pudding is 5 1/2 months old now, and I’ve managed to feed those chunky little thighs of hers myself all this time, go me and my milk making superpower. It’s come at a price though. I desperately need to go to the hairdressers, but I haven’t been able to leave her long enough yet….
The jury used to be very much out for me on whether Pull Up pants were useful for potty training. It seemed like an almost pointless stage. How different are they from a nappy after all? Are they actually teaching the child anything? We decided they were worth trying with Princess, who was showing signs…
Recently, the lovely people at Infacare sent us their baby bath and new night time baby bath to try out with Little Pudding. We’ve always been really careful with what we use on all our children’s skin as they have all had bouts of sensitivity at one point or another. Bathtime should be fun time,…
If you caught this post earlier in the summer you’ll know things were getting a little fraught around here. We started the journey of trying to get Teen a part time job, and it wasn’t easy. It wasn’t that he wasn’t willing but he didn’t necessarily appreciate the effort that goes into looking for work. It’s…
Wow, five month’s old already! This is one of my favourite stages of the baby days. When they are all cute and squishy, full of smiles and giggles, but haven’t realised yet that Mummy could leave them, if only just to nip to the loo or something. When that reality hits her and she starts…
So Facebook and breastfeeding hit the headlines again as they take down Emma Bond’s photo of her nursing her premature baby for the first time, reportedly after someone marked the picture as offensive. Brave Emma took a stand against the social media giant re-posting her photo to a pro-breastfeeding group to be met with overwhelming…
When HUGGIES® challenged us to get our little ones swimming this winter, I really wasn’t sure how it would go. If you read my last post you’ll already know that I can’t swim which makes motivation a little difficult. I’m desperate not to pass on my fear of water to my children, and I have managed to make…
Christmas is a magical time of year, but if you’re not careful it can soon become a very costly one that you are paying for for months afterwards. We are all keen to look for great bargains and make our money go as far as possible, and it can be done with a little ingenuity….
If you need a last minute toddler craft activity then look no further as I have the perfect witches cauldron for you! You can use it as a picture or decoration and you little one will love making it and sharing it with the whole family. 1. Mummy got things started by cutting out a…
This weekend we took a couple of trips to the theatre (because Mummy isn’t ever so good at checking her diary to see what’s already planned!). If you managed to catch up with this post you’ll know we’re trying out some ‘indoor’ activities with the girls now that Autumn has finally caught up with us….
I have a confession to make, well I probably have several but for the purposes of this post the one I’m going to reveal is that I cannot swim. It’s something I’m not particularly proud of. It stems from a fear of water that developed from an incident in the school pool when I was…