Book Review: Little Home Bird by Jo Empson
Caterpillar and I are frequent visitors to our local library but, being a toddler, he doesn’t exactly give me a lot of time to thumb through the wide range of children’s titles so I’ll confess that…
Caterpillar and I are frequent visitors to our local library but, being a toddler, he doesn’t exactly give me a lot of time to thumb through the wide range of children’s titles so I’ll confess that…
I am an enormous believer in the importance of self-care. I strongly believe that just because you’re a mum it doesn’t mean you should sacrifice your identity or taking care of your needs. Obviously you simply…
The first half of Caterpillar’s second year was pretty great – he was changing loads and his speech started to develop very quickly and tantrum wise, he wasn’t too bad at all. Then he hit two and…
I’ve always been a huge fan of anything space or alien-related (I blame growing up with The X Files) and, with help from Alien’s Love Underpants, Caterpillar is becoming a big fan of all things…
It’s a little embarrassing but this charming story about a boy begging his parents for a pet actually hit home pretty hard for me as I was desperate for a cat as a child but was…
Mother’s Day is such an exciting time when you’re a mum to young children. One day a year solely dedicated to us, in honour of the desperately hard work and mayhem we deal with on…
Following my last Caterpillar Corner post – Six Reasons To Love Baby-led Weaning – today I wanted to share some of our favourite recipe ideas and on-the-go snacks, and review Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett’s…
I’m reviewing another picture book for this week’s Butterfly Book Club but this one is a little different – and incredibly special. On the surface, A Monster Ate My Mum seems like a fairly ordinary story about a…
Caterpillar loves the supermarket. I can get away with calling a trip to Asda a ‘treat’. So when I saw that this book involved supermarkets and gremlins I knew instantly it would be a hit. He also…
Inspired by my best friend’s success with Baby-Led Weaning this is the method I chose when Caterpillar was six months old. Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett are the go-to experts on the technique and their books helped…