I’m a real mum. I like a glass of wine. I like my sleep. I like my children’s bedtime. Sometimes in the morning, I look at the clock at 8am
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Personally, being ‘knocked up’ totally sucked. I constantly ‘talked to God on the porcelain telephone’, looked like the side of a house and my face was three times it’s usual size (as
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Growing up, Christmas was a magical time at my house. My mother went all out – the tree would be up on the first of December, the house would be
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Hello, my name is Fred Mcfishntackle. You may know my wife Freda from her posts on Stay at Home Mum. Now that the pleasantries are out of the way, I
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I loathe shopping for many reasons. You need to get somewhat dressed up to go as well as dress the children (ie get them out of their pj’s), you
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Most adults below the age of 55 these days live a very modern lifestyle. Everybody has internet, a computer, a mobile phone (the more hip may have a smart phone),
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I Just Turned Off EVERY Light in the House Guest Post by Fred McFishntackle I swear it is true; EVERY stinking light in the house was on. Now, I don’t
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My wedding anniversary is coming up next month. It wasn’t an easy road to matrimony for my husband and I. I was keen to get that ring on my finger, he wasn’t. He
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My three year old was so easy to toilet train – I hardly had to even show him… So I haven’t really been keeping a close eye on his
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I used to call these little ditties ‘Dadisms’ – but most of them I find myself saying… just like my Mum… ‘This will hurt me more than it will hurt
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There is one sound I love most in the entire world – that sound is silence. Something I probably should have considered further before having a baby. Babies are
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The Good Wife’s Guide Ahhhh this little chestnut is again doing the rounds of the internet world – and so being that this is Stay at Home Mum – I
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