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Hux At 9 Months Or Thereabouts
Huxley Harold. Our Bubby. When I’m with you my nose is permanently plastered to your neck, your ear, your hair. Because the smell of your baby creases is so delicious I wish I could bottle it and wear...
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Mummy Love: It’s Complicated
When I was pregnant for the first time I wasn’t sure of much. I was completely confused at what childbirth would be like, I didn’t know if I would breast or bottle feed, or even if I wanted to be a...
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Happy Mother’s Day
Oh yes, there was an Elfie/Mummy/kitchen scissors haircutting incident. Ahem. More on that soon. As usual, writing about the way I was feeling yesterday was more therapeutic for me than anything....
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Things That Won’t Calm My Crying Baby
Hux cried for two long, loud hours last night. It was reminiscent of the colic days, days so bleak I’ve managed to block them out of my memory. That awful crying babies do when they’re feeling...
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Ramblings On Love For My Children
It’s no secret that I spent a lot of my pregnancy with Hux worrying about… well… my life with Hux. I was terrified, TERRIFIED, about being a mother of two. So much so that I didn’t enjoy the pregnancy...
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Eye Gunk, Sad Faces and Doggies
What do you do with two children who have conjunctivitis? Because I have no idea. Ok, mine don’t have conjunctivitis but rather some other -itis (blepheritis?) which seems to be quite similar. Their...
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Bubby Is ONE!
I’d thought a lot about Hux’s first birthday; the end of the baby years, the beginning of his boyhood. The plan was to hold a small tea party with sandwiches, scones, cake and party rings, sing happy...
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Hux’s Adventures In Weaning
WEANING. A loaded word if I ever heard one. With your first child you’re desperate for them to take that next step in to gloopy gluey baby rice and are chomping at the bit to get started from month 4....
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Our Shutterflies Photo Shoot
I don’t like having my picture taken. I think this is part of the reason I’ve found online dating so hard: in most pictures I have of myself I’m gurning in a ‘you might take my photo but I don’t care’...
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In Which I Go Gooey Over My Little Man
The relationships we have with our children, they are complex and frightening things. Even moreso than the relationships we have with other adults (and I’m speaking as someone who spilt apple pie over...
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Hux, His Spoon, And Why I Will Never Label My Children
Hux is turning into a real character. At the grand old age of 1 year and 9 months he’s proving to be quite the cheeky little thing, always a smile and a wave for everyone. He’s been walking for about...
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Hux Turns Two
It’s been a busy time over at ours these last couple of weeks. Hux had a birthday and turning two meant that he can start going with Elfie to pre-school a couple of days a week. Where has my baby boy...
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Toddlers Today – What Does It Mean To Be A Toddler?
I always think it must be pretty cool to be a toddler in 2015. Just think about it – you get to spend your weeks playing with your friends, being entertained by various singing and dancing adults,...
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Now You Are Three.
It’s an odd thing, your baby’s birthdays. Elfie’s are one thing; as the eldest she’s the birthday trailblazer, demanding parties in village halls or Pizza Express and spending hours wondering if she’s...
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Bed Wetting: The School Age Taboo
This post brought to you by DryNites®. The content and opinions expressed below are that of More Than Toast. I’ve noticed as a mum there are still some topics that are taboo, even within circles of...
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The Divorced Home
Last night I told Hux off for ripping a page out of his book. He started crying, as you do when you’re a slightly guilty three year old, and buried his head in his pillow. He then sat up, looked and me...
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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Lapland…
One of Elfie’s teachers pulled me aside this morning. “Did you have a lovely time away in Lapland?” she asked. “Did you see the Northern Lights?” I felt a bit embarrassed telling her that actually,...
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Now You Are Four
Happy Birthday, darling Hux! It’s really difficult to sum up your child and their year. Looking back at when Hux turned three he still looked quite the baby – but watching him opposite me at the...
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Hux’s Birthday Party at Hollywood Bowl
Today I said to Hux, “hey buddy, remind me how old you are again?” Because sometimes I look at him and I still see a baby, my sweet baby who curls up in my arms for comfort and kisses and couldn’t...
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Oh Boy, He’s Growing Up
I’d say I’m a pretty pragmatic person. Yeah, I might weep at the odd Grey’s Anatomy episode (they’re an unlucky bunch, aren’t they?) but I’m not one to cry at the drop of a hat. At least, I wasn’t...
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