Owner: From Dawn till Rusk URL:http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/fromdawntillrusk/ Join Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:49:04 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: An English working mother with two small children and a slightly less demanding career. Site statistics:Click here
This girl's going to be a politician 2008-06-07 12:19:31 Mia: "Can I have a loglurt?" Me: "No, you haven't eaten all your dinner." All shocked and indignant: "Yes I have" "No you haven't" "I have." The pitch is getting higher and higher. "Mia, you have not eaten all of...
Sometimes it feels like I'm the only sane person in this house 2008-06-06 15:00:00 It's like some kind of episode from The Twilight Zone in my house tonight. I have just put Daniel to bed and after kissing him goodnight I hear a funny noise from Mia's room. I peer round the door only... Read more:person
, Sometimes
Plastic is never fantastic 2008-06-06 04:58:22 You know how before you become a parent you swear by everything that is holy you will never ever turn your home into a plastic playground? You sneer at parents who eagerly hand over their hard-earned cash for a... Read more:Plastic
Is this a conversation he will ever have with his girlfriend? 2008-06-05 02:32:05 Me: "Hey lovely!" Dan: "Lovely? You can call me handsome if you want, but I don't like lovely." "Why not?" "It sounds too girly. Just handsome please." Pause. "Handsome doesn't ever mean pretty does it?" "No." I'm a bit stunned...
Wordless Wednesday 2008-06-04 09:32:04 There is a mummy website which features a great idea called Wordless Wednesday
where basically you can put up a picture which speaks a thousand words. It can be cute, bizarre, funny or just a really really nice picture....
The day my four-year-old son got married 2008-06-04 02:16:54 While he was at nursery, Daniel met a soul mate. He and Heather were introduced when they were 7 months old in the baby room and went all through nursery together (except the time when they split them into different... Read more:married
How do you solve a problem like Mia? 2008-06-03 02:30:00 Hubby was sent to the front line as the Final Straw tonight. He made that climb up the stairs to 'have a word' with Mia after she'd been out of bed for about the millionth time (Ok ok so I'm...
How to make daddy feel really really loved and important 2008-06-02 03:02:24 A really good friend of mine told me this story a while ago when we were exchanging funny tales about our children. Her son, who was four at the time, bellowed from his bedroom - which was at the other... Read more:loved
Kids say the most brilliant things 2008-05-31 10:07:43 We visited the West Midlands Safari Park during the rainy season that was half term and I overheard this adorable conversation between a dad and his little girl while we were all stood looking at the hippopotamus enclosure. Girl:... Read more:things
Why take a teddy to bed when a doll's bath is so much more fun? 2008-05-30 03:17:22 I know I know, I go on and on and on about my little girl's night time habits like she's some kind of demon child. I must sound like a totally neurotic mum or a real misery. It's not like... Read more:teddy
Toddlerhood - just the best years of a parent's life 2008-05-29 03:46:35 At the age of 2/3 it's great fun having children. You never ever realise it at the time of course, because you're too tired/frustrated/busy trying to keep your head above water. But trust me, you look back and think "that...
Mia, I really love you but please just GO TO SLEEP! 2008-05-27 03:02:11 Mia is making bedtime a real chore. She's had her wash, her story and a cuddle and I put her to bed and say "sleepy time now honey" and she just smiles sweetly at me and says "no". Just like... Read more:really love
The most heartbreaking story you will read this year 2008-06-10 08:00:00 At the age of 25 Adrian Sudbury was diagnosed with leukaemia. But far from sitting back and letting grief and misery wash over him, this brave young man has spent his final months campaigning to get more people donating... Read more:story
Not on the telly, no no not on the telly, no no no . . . oh OK 2008-06-10 02:49:26 Hands up who has a pathalogical fear of stickers. I have had to give my home over to the dreaded items. I find them on the walls, on furniture, on shoes, stuck to mirrors, kitchen cupboards, taps, windows, my...
Pregnant man just weeks away from giving birth 2008-06-10 02:01:00 It's a pregnancy that has cause uproar across the world and many people just don't know what to make of it. A pregnant man? It must be joke? Isn't it? It's not? You can just see shocked people the... Read more:birth
Model Naomi Campbell undergoes surgery to become a mum 2008-06-10 02:00:00 It seems British supermodel NaomiCampbell
will do anything to become a mum. It has been reported in The Times of India that she is so desperate to become a mother she underwent surgery recently to help realise her...
Jessica Alba gives birth to a baby girl - Honor Marie 2008-06-10 02:00:00 Actress Jessica
Alba and husband Cash Warren welcomed a baby girl into the world on Saturday, June 7. According to USmagazine, the gorgeously-named Honor Marie
Warren was born on Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Alba's father... Read more:birth
, Jessica Alba
Wordless Wednesday: A photographer in the making 2008-06-11 08:55:21 This week's Wordless Wednesday
offering was taken by my 5-year-old at the West Midlands Safari Park May 2008 - he said he took it because it looks like the giraffe is talking the to car driver! (*Maybe I'll actually... Read more:making
One of the funniest birthing stories 2008-06-11 04:47:26 You know how when you're going into the labour room for the very first time and you worry about what you should wear and will it be appropriate and will you turn up in your slippers by accident or will...
Oh Baby. It looks like I'm not the World's Worst Parent after all! 2008-06-13 07:01:26 Mia has a baby doll that she loves like it's part of her anatomy. It's a grubby, raggedy thing now. Its soft body and legs loved so much they have lost all shape, her plastic head has lost a bit... Read more:Parent
, World
Tom Cruise and Katie Homes trying for baby number 2? 2008-06-13 06:02:34 There could be another media scramble over baby photos very soon, as it has been reported that Tom Cruise
and his wife Katie
Holmes are trying for baby number 2. The Times of India is reporting that TomKat could... Read more:Homes
, Tom Cruise
No title 2008-06-12 12:08:39 Since starting school my 5-year-old son has become the Font of all Knowledge. I am so very proud of this really bright, eager little man, but honestly, it's embarassing. He must drive his teacher mad. I can just imagine her...
Pacemaker baby survives MRSA nightmare 2008-06-12 11:00:32 It's bad enough your precious little baby having to endure surgery at just five days old, but to then contract MRSA while in the hospital would be unbearably traumatic. Little Liam King became one of the UK's youngest pacemaker patients...
How to brighten up Father's Day 2008-06-14 02:47:41 I just had to share this utterly brilliant gift idea for a Father
's Day present with a difference from blogger From Under The Laundry Pile. And they say Father's Day gifts are boring. Tsk!...
I've just died and gone to mummy heaven 2008-06-15 04:19:29 Dan: "Mummy, you know real tattoos?" (**groan**, he's thinking about tattoos? Really? He covers his body in fake Pirates of the Caribbean tattoos most weekends and demands that I let him wear tops with no sleeves for maximum exposure. He...
Out of the mouth of babes 2008-06-16 11:05:32 So picture the scene: Hubby is with Mia in the kitchen at breakfast time. He is chopping up an apple at the counter, she is sat at the table eating her 1½ weetabix (yes, she really can be that difficult).... Read more:mouth
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