It’s OK

by Sarah Jayne on Sat Dec 14 2019

It's ok not to love being a parent!!

This morning, a friend came over to see me. She has one child in the early stages of potty training and an adorable newborn (most of my friends have recently had their second babies so nothing new there). We were chatting when she turned to me and said “I feel so guilty but I miss my old life”. It is a feeling I have had a lot since Lady S became a twonager (two year old teen). As I told her, it’s ok.

Peppa Pig Live: Best Day Ever!

Posted in Days out by Susie on Wed Dec 11 2019

Yesterday we totally PIGGED OUT!! 🤣🤣🐷

What I mean is, we were SUPER lucky to be invited to the London press opening of PEPPA PIG LIVE!! If you live with little Peppa addicts then I highly recommend this lovely little performance.

The Wonder of Lapland UK

Posted in Kids days out by Susie on Thu Nov 21 2019

Wow!!!! Where to even start! Lapland UK is just the most incredible, magical and enchanting Christmas experience.

The 5 stages of brushing a toddler’s teeth

Posted in Parenting by Susie on Wed Sep 04 2019

If you have ever tried to brush a toddler's teeth, you will totally understand, and most likely sympathise, with what I'm talking about. We're currently in the midst of the war with our daughter and twice a day, we go to battle.

Kids haircuts?? Do they Love them or Hate them?

Posted in Parenting, Motherhood, School holidays by Susie on Wed Sep 04 2019

Preparing your young man for his first haircut.

By Dave H - Owner Hairmasters, Stony Stratford

In my last 30yrs of cutting hair..I have experienced the good and bad preparation of bringing your young man for a haircut for the very first time.

This can be made a fun and exciting experience of preparing him for his first trip to the barbershop.

How would my job be advertised?

by Susie on Thu Aug 29 2019

How would my job be advertised?

I’ll be honest, parenthood was never something I thought about growing up nor was it on my life plan. I had been told when I was younger that it may be difficult for me to have children so, after a mourning period, I put it to the back of my mind and focused on my career. When I found out I was pregnant I was happy, but naïve. I told the vice chairman of the charity I volunteer for that the baby would simply “tag along with me” and “fit into my schedule, not the other way round” (Yes. I actually said – and believed - this. I am actually crying with laughter writing it now, what the hell was I thinking?!?).

Due to personal reasons, it is not likely that I will return to work much before Lady S is 4. I have had a whole host of people who have told me this will be hard or impossible. I even had someone tell me that when they read SAHM, they think ‘loser’ – he didn’t look so smug when I had finished lecturing him on the merits and hardships of being a SAHM and I still forward him emails detailing the hard work raising a child is. However, it got me thinking, what would the CV of a SAHM look like?

How would my job be advertised?

I’ll be honest, parenthood was never something I thought about growing up nor was it on my life plan. I had been told when I was younger that it may be difficult for me to have children so, after a mourning period, I put it to the back of my mind and focused on my career. When I found out I was pregnant I was happy, but naïve. I told the vice chairman of the charity I volunteer for that the baby would simply “tag along with me” and “fit into my schedule, not the other way round” (Yes. I actually said – and believed - this. I am actually crying with laughter writing it now, what the hell was I thinking?!?).

Due to personal reasons, it is not likely that I will return to work much before Lady S is 4. I have had a whole host of people who have told me this will be hard or impossible. I even had someone tell me that when they read SAHM, they think ‘loser’ – he didn’t look so smug when I had finished lecturing him on the merits and hardships of being a SAHM and I still forward him emails detailing the hard work raising a child is. However, it got me thinking, what would the CV of a SAHM look like?

Our WIKI’D Visit to Drusilla’s Park in East Sussex

by Susie on Thu Aug 15 2019

We returned to one of my favourite childhood days out last week. Ten minutes from #thewikinana’s house is the amazing Drusillas! If you’ve not heard of them, they are a family business based in Alfriston East Sussex, half zoo, half theme park and adventure playground. And it’s brilliant!!

I should be a size 10!!!

by Sarah Jayne on Tue Aug 13 2019

As I write this, I am sitting in my front room with aching legs and a back that is screaming out for paracetamol and an ice pack. Am I training for a marathon? I only run for the ice cream van and even then it’s a push. Am I perhaps starting a new exercise routine to get my body into a shape that isn’t a circle? No, I’ve simply been following the training regime that is parenthood and man is it a tough teacher.

My Look? Dragged through a hedge backwards!

by Sarah Jayne on Fri Jul 05 2019

What is that?’

‘When did I have something green?’

‘God I hope that brown stain is coffee and not remnants of a bumsplosion?’

I love my child... but!

Posted in Parenting, Motherhood by Sarah Jayne on Tue Jun 11 2019

I love my child…but!

Let me start this post by saying I love my daughter to death. Seriously, she is quite possibly the most amazing human being in the world. The reason I have woke up daily, and nightly, for the past two years. I laugh at least once every day and always get the biggest cuddles in the morning. I love her with an intensity that is unprecedented; however, I don’t always like her! That’s right, I’ll say it – sometimes my child is a bit of a dick.