mum diary – the soul tamer

Our mini voyage on the Thames, with City Cruises

So for the past couple of months I have been thinking of an activity I could do with Soraiya. Since quarantine a lot of very public places that offer fun, toddler experiences are closed. Basically I am talking about the soft play centres but also for me I have to take into account the travel…

My top 10 L’Occitane en Provence products

For those of you who follow m on my Instagram will have seen my highlights where I talk about a couple of products which are from L’Occitane. Not to mention I use a L’Occitane product as part of my daily routine. It’s pretty clear that I love their products as well I speak so highly…

Cheese, tomato and spinach pizza

Pizza is the perfect quick lunch/dinner for any child that is over 1 years of age. The tomatoey goodness, the melted cheese, the bread all go hand in hand in proving to be a yummy meal. This recipe is dead easy to make and quick. Now that my daughter is older and she can eat…

Trapped Wind & Colic, the DL

For all new mums the terms Trapped wind and Colic are scary. For me, I was stressed to the max. I briefly touched on this in my post about baby poo but I thought I would do a blog post on this on my experience. Colic definition is the term used used when your otherwise healthy baby cries excessively and…

Baby Poo – my journey so far

For me being a mum, I never realised that baby poo would make me so happy. The colour, look and texture of baby poo is everything and I guess it is only until you make your own little human that you appreciate when your little human poos because their poo can tell you a lot…

Mental development leaps – with the help of The Wonder Weeks

If any of you follow my Instagram you would have seen me talk about my daughter going through a mental development leap so to help put it into perspective thought I would talk about it in a blog post. Most mum’s know what these are however there are some who do not know and that…

My mental health – post baby

Just a continuation of my previous post regarding my Mental Health journey. Sharing this post is deeply personal as I hope that for those who are are going through or went through something familiar that you can find some solace in knowing that you are not alone. As per my previous post, mental health is something…