I recently shared a post on social media about my company Orange Lamb…and it got me thinking that I probably don’t share my business journey enough on my blog. Now let’s get this clear, this is not to sell myself for 5 minutes so that you all come knocking on…

We had one of those weekends this week which — simply put — did not go as planned! With Louis turning five on Monday, we had a weekend of fun organised; a trip to The Natural History Museum on Saturday (Louis loves dinosaurs and always watches Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures which…

I was inspired to write this blog as I was having a morning wee, sitting with the door wide open, ears listening out for the kids in the playroom and having that realisation that I rarely go to the toilet in private anymore. When we become a parent, a whole…

The below blog was written a few days after Louis returned to school after his first ever half term. The world of school has certainly added a whole new admin role to my life that I had absolutely no idea about, if only I was getting paid for it! Firstly…

As a writer of a parenting blog that prides itself on speaking the truth, being open and honest, I have a confession to make. I judge other mums. I know I feel disgraceful saying it out loud, but hey the first step of changing this is admitting it right? Now…

Yep in the talented words of Britney Spears (#freebritney) ‘Oops I did It again.’ Ok so it’s been 18 months since I last posted and whilst that is utter shite on my part here’s why in a bullet point nutshell. World pandemic (oh yeah almost forgot) Pregnant in lockdown Gave…

I have just read an article on medium written by a mother of a two-year old daughter, the title read “I wish I knew What Parenting Was Really Like Before I Decided To Have A Child.” There was a genuine sadness to this post and I am sure so many…

I mean is it me or have the kids toy market gone fucking bat shit crazy. Forget the ‘hottest toys for 2020 list’, this is the ‘what the fuck is this shit? toy list’. Every day I get the pleasure of watching Disney Junior with my 3-year old, normally in…

I actually wrote this blog 6-weeks ago and for some reason never published it — a typical Hayley procrastination characteristic of mine. But now at 40 weeks pregnant, and 2-days overdue, I thought now would be a good time to get back to some writing. I was convinced that baby…