Oh sh***********t, Emma’s been on maternity leave for two weeks now which means only one thing, this baby is coming soon!
The NCT classes are done, the nursery has been decorated and the hospital bag was packed weeks ago.
Now all I have to worry about is being supportive through the whole birthing thing and try to rise a well adjusted child for the next couple of decades.
That of course is…
This is an out of office automated reply
As I mentioned weeks ago I’ll be going on maternity leave from 13th June 2014 so please send all your enquires to the main accounts email address.
This email account will not be monitored as everyone will be far too busy working out how on earth they are going to cope without me for a whole year.
Yes that’s right, I’m going to take a…
I got a nice email from The Baby Centre last week which read
At the end of this week, you’re going to reach an important pregnancy milestone: your baby will be considered full-term. That means you could give birth any day now. Walking may become increasingly uncomfortable. Some mums-to-be say it feels as if their baby is going to fall out!
Holly crap. Any. Day. Now.
Well i like to think…
Last week I popped round my mum’s house for a cup of tea. The plan was to say hello, give her a bump update and lay down the ground rules for birth and baby visitation.
In our NCT class last Tuesday we had two visiting dads who both suggested that it might be a good idea to keep visitors (like new grandparents) at bay for a day or two when you get back from the hospital.
My mum is not really…
Before I share this important lesson in marketing to expectant mothers I have to share one of my biggest marketing pet hates.
Self congratulatory promotion based on celebrating random acts of kindness.
For example, take the recent Lloyds advert which had (I’m assuming) an actor talk about how all of a sudden Lloyds thought she was so awesome that they gifted her the price of what I guess was…
Last week I had a rather long conversation with a recent graduate from my old University. Although I knew that the call was going to end with “can you give us money” the conversation was actually very…..conversational. The student in question did seem genuinely interested in receiving advice about forging out a career path. One of the questions she asked was in the last 13 years…
If you didn’t know already our photography studio is situated inside award winning softplay centre Eddie Catz Wimbledon. For the past few years before we opened the studio we had a good working relationship with the owners Maria and Darren which certainly made the transition to a landlord / tenant relationship that much easier.
We help each other out, share ideas and offer advice.
From time…
Last week we attended our very first NCT class at the Gooseberry Bush in Wimbledon. The evening was more of an open Q&A session with a smattering of meet and greet but there was some good solid information to get us started. The most surprising thing I learnt was that John Lewis do a nursery tour which somehow completely passed me by!
At the beginning of the session we all divided into boys…
As a long suffering England fan this might seem to strange statement to make, after all we’ll probably not make it past the group stages because it’s too hot or someone broke their metatarsal.
But what would happen if that impossible dream came true and England made it to their first World Cup final in 48 years?
I tell you what would happen to me, I’ll be in a hospital whilst my…
Apparently my unborn child already has many demands that she needs me to fulfil. Thankfully Emma has the ability to translate biological signals into clear and concise instructions that I need to follow.
So far baby needs me to do the following:Baby really needs me to do the washing up.
Baby needs me to move the sofa.
Baby would like me to bake a cake, now.
Baby needs me to go and get a strawberry…