In case you missed a memo somewhere along the way, I have another website where I mouth off on regular basis. It’s called BLUNTmoms, and it is just about the coolest thing out there. The BLUNTmoms and I were recently chatting about what we wanted to give our readers (that’s YOU people), for Christmas. It […]
Savvy spending this Christmas
Last Sunday I woke up with a genius idea. I would take both kids to the big John Lewis store in High Wycombe and finally get around to buying a table for the breakfast room and a microwave. After careful planning and 20 minutes of chaos trying to track down the missing “flower shoes”, we […]
The Anti-Holiday Post
Every year I face the same set of questions and the same reactions when the holiday season rolls around. “Have you decorated yet? Are you going to get a tree? Have you done your Christmas shopping?” “No. No. and Double No.” Here in the Nomad House we take a decidedly low key approach to the […]
Oops, There’s My Boob
When I had my first child, one of my husband’s colleagues was the first to visit us in the hospital. And wouldn’t you know it, he showed up right at feeding time. As did the next visitor and the one after that. In fact, every visitor that came in the first month or so came […]
Help! My husband is “near” sighted
I’d like to talk to you all today about a very serious problem that plagues the Nomad household. Nomad Papa is nearsighted. Or rather, “near” sighted. His eyes work just fine, his brain does not. And by that, I mean that he gets things nearly done and then crosses them off his list. ALL. THE. […]
Oops I Did It Again: A story of parenting the second time around
You know you are a blogger when you are lying in bed with a child suckling at your breast and a case of sleep deprivation so severe that you no longer remember your own name…and you are jotting down notes on a piece of paper for the book you HAVE to write. Yep, that happened […]
I am mummy blogger, hear me ROAR
This weekend I attended the Mumsnet Blogfest in London. It was my first blogger conference and I was all geared up for a love-in where we would celebrate the collective strength of the mommy voice and learn how to make it stronger. I got some of that but only because I was so desperately trying […]
Secret Mom Code
Have you ever gone to a new playgroup and felt like everyone there was speaking in code? Don’t fret, you just need to learn the latest mommy lingo. Memorise a few of the terms in this handy guide, throw them into the conversation and you’ll be one of the girls in no time. Your Guide […]