Wally Mummy Archive

10 Scenarios Every Parent of Small People Will Face on a Foreign Holiday 

I’ve done a fair few foreign holidays with my kids now… and I’ve lived to tell the tales, ride the inflatable whales, and not yet been thrown in any jails… And mainly I can tell you they all pretty much follow the same format. So if your embarking to the Costas with your toddlers (sorry. I’ll stop attempting to make everything rhyme really shitly now.) then …

Dear Kids. The World Can be Beautiful…

The world can be beautiful This world can be great You’ll meet wonderful people And learn to ignore hate Not all things are terrible On this planet we call home You have so much to look forward to Despite how much we all moan Like going to your first festival Being desperate to learn to drive Yearning to have your first cigarette – It’ll be …

The ‘Before & After’ Parenting Glossary

Going to the Toilet: Definition BEFORE – A brief moment behind a locked door you never really thought about… Definition AFTER – ‘Mummy, Mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, M-U-M-M-Y???!!!’ ‘Yes.’ *optional deep sigh* ‘Can you bend forward so I can watch your poo come out?’ Mealtimes: Definition BEFORE – Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Definition AFTER – How ever many cold, discarded, partly-chewed fish-fingers …

11 Types of #Toddler you always see at Toddler Group

Toddler groups are not for the faint hearted. But once you’ve found a good one, (mainly one with free biscuits and without any Judgey-Mc-Twatty-Mummy-Folk), all that’s really left to do is work on your ‘scarf-game’, pretend you know the words to all the nursery rhymes, and indulge in free food and ACTUAL HOT TEA. OK. Getting you and your toddler there on-time and in a reasonable …

13 Ways Having a Toddler is Exactly Like Having a Cat.

They will only fall asleep when it’s least convenient. On you. Fully aware that simply by ‘looking cute’ you will be unable to move for the next three hours. Regardless of when you last fed them, 90% of their day is about continually asking for food. Under the pretence of love and affection… Once fed, they’ll discard you like an empty worthless husk and laugh at you …

First toddler versus second toddler… the shit you REALLY need to know…

Sometimes it amazes me just how different my two children are… I don’t think that ‘I’m’ any different… I mean, I thought I did a pretty good job the first time… in fact, I thought I’d do better second time round as there’d be no surprises… no winging it… I’d be a pro… it’d be easy… yeah…? (Idiot.) I wasn’t. I’m not. It isn’t. Thinking I knew …

Half-Term Parenting… Expectation Versus Reality…

So parent people. Half-term is upon us…  It began so wonderfully… the hopes, the dreams, the aspirations… I’d missed her. So much. I couldn’t wait to spend every second of a whole week with my 5 and 2 year olds… it was going to be so beautiful… And then by Wednesday I’d begun to develop a tick, my house looked liked a squat and if anyone asked …

11 Things You Learn in Your First Year of #Toddler

You need to be able to run faster. (Much faster.) Pre-selecting your own shoes is always a mistake. You’ll learn that… You’ll learn… *twitches a bit and starts stroking some Uggs* Snack bribery and the iPhone are now your only parenting methods… You’re both happy and comfortable with this. You should NEVER have spent that much on a sofa. Your life is all about ‘throws’ now… …

Before and After: Christmas With a Toddler…

People say that you don’t know the ‘true meaning of Christmas’ until you have your own children… that having small children around makes it entirely magical… Which I honestly 100% agree with. Right up to the point my infant son bum-wee-d across my bed on Boxing Day morning and rolled in it… but other than that I’m TOTALLY with you… I’ve done a few ‘Toddler …