I’m not too picky about clothes. I love cotton, I enjoy being able to dress comfortably on a daily basis due to my full time mom position - and I enjoyed it when I worked as an Art Director too. I’ve had people tell me I look ‘hip’ and I always feel a little relieved as my style consists of things that I feel comfortable wearing. T-shirts, jeans and converse are often the uniform I must admit. Sure we’ve got our ‘Crimes of Fashion’ section on here which is chock full of style oddities, they’re definitely out there and they give us a great laugh so we thought it would be fun to share them. But really, I set the bar fairly low, don’t go out in public in your jammies, and a few other simple guidelines and you wont end up in our C of F section.  read more »

When your baby has ripened to ‘playground age’ you enter the school of Playground Etiquette. You learn that when there’s an empty playground the world is your child’s oyster. The slides can be used without abandon, the swings can be hogged and the sandbox you can treat like a playroom - letting your toys sit around in between play sessions.

However, when the playground is a hustling, bustling madhouse the rules are quite different. Your child can swing - so long as there are no parents giving you the stink eye while they hold their anxious baby or stand there with an impatient toddler (or bigger kid). The slide is something to be taken seriously, in turns and only when the last slider has safely exited the slide landing pad.  read more »