Planning the first family holiday is one of the exciting milestones, but where does one begin? Once you become a parent everything in life kind of just boils down to the basics, so The Man and I asked ourselves what were we looking for out of this holiday. In years past we may have been […]

11 years ago

You may have noticed that baby name inspiration is one of our favourite activities around here.  Whether I’ve got a bump to name or if I’m just collecting names for friend’s bumps and future bumps, I’m always on the look out for cute monikers for babies-to-be. 20 Wonderful Baby Names Beginning with ‘W’ for Your Burgeoning […]

11 years ago

I can’t decide if EVERYONE should attempt some of these… or NO ONE. Being pregnant is a unique time for our bodies. Along with all the weird invisible side effects, there is a rapidly growing appendage in the form of the bump. The baby bump is like getting a new extension. There’s all this new […]

11 years ago

Being pregnant is a crazy time, not least because it is when you are pregnant that you discover the amount of people who apparently have no regard for their own personal safety – you know, the people who insist on policing your food choices, commenting on your weight and asking if you were “trying”. See […]

11 years ago

Recently, I’ve was intrigued to read a piece about the things to do before having a baby and was relieved to see that there was nothing on that list that having a baby put a stop to. I used to get so irritated when I was pregnant every time some total stranger took time out […]

11 years ago

Whenever I am even remotely pregnant – be it 5 days or 5 months – I always immediately want to murder The Man. I see it as mildly heroic that I continue to resist the urge especially as he seems dedicated to trying to goad me every step of the gestation. Whether it’s jokes about […]

11 years ago

I had been quite lucky in the childcare department. One day when my son was about four months old, I was walking down the road, and I had the thought: “What am I going to do about childcare?” At that exact moment, a woman just ahead of me, who was juggling a tiny baby and […]

11 years ago

The Willows café in Willoughby, Sydney, Australia are winning fans both locally and world-wide with their welcoming attitude to nursing mums. Carolyn Hastie posted a snap of their chalkboard sign to her Facebook account which has subsequently received an outpouring of compliments from mums online. “Pop in (and) have a free cup of tea if you […]

11 years ago

Pram struggles are a very real thing. Prior to actually requiring a pram I had never really noticed prams or pram users at all (see point 8). Then once I was in the market for one they were all I could see everywhere. I did all my pram research in my local park where I […]

11 years ago

The Dress incident of 2015 has so seeped into the cultural psyche that the phrase has now become shorthand for any baffling Internet phenomenon… And so behold the latest thing that’s freaking the Internet (and us) out right now. This video posted by BBC journalist, Mark Blank-Settle, which has been liked and retweeted thousands of […]

11 years ago

Go Cubes – Chewable Coffee claim that the future of coffee is here… And frankly we don’t know what to think. The gummy cubes come in three flavours: Latte, Pure Drip and Mocha. So it’s basically coffee you can keep in your pocket and knock back with minimal mess or effort. Also no more making […]

11 years ago

Boy bands don’t go away, they grow up … and become dads. James Corden, Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson got together on The Late Late show with James Corden to bust out some dubious rhymes, dodgy dad dancing and questionable parenting methods (there’s baby throwing) in a hilarious parody video for the new boy band […]

11 years ago

An image from the JCPenny catalogue was recently posted to Imgur with the caption “Really could’ve picked a better place for that ‘flower’ design…” The image has been viewed over 200,000 times with many peeps taking to the internet to mercilessly deride the design’s unfortunate resemblance to a period stain. View post on imgur.com […]

11 years ago

This is 15 seconds of footage that is guaranteed to improve you’re day. At least if you are as easily amused as we are anyway!

11 years ago

The first time I was pregnant, a doctor wryly pointed out to me as I fretted and asked questions in the little office, “You know, pregnancy is not a medical condition.” I laughed, and he succeeded in calming me down and managed to give me a bit of much-needed perspective on my situation. Since discovering […]

11 years ago

When I first embarked on breastfeeding, I didn’t give much thought to what clothes would work best with breast. As a result, the first time I gave the baby a feed al fresco I wore a button-down shirt thinking this would provide easy access and then realised that the shirt kind of demanded I take […]

11 years ago

The Kardashians are known for their embracing of any and all beauty interventions from waist trainers to elaborate makeup routines. However, Kim Kardashian has never actually owned up to any plastic surgery. Though she has just admitted that there’s one procedure she does regret: Laser hair removal. The reality star has revealed that she had […]

11 years ago

Is this one of the most arresting breastfeeding photos you’ve ever seen? Mum-of-two, Kassondra Coxson teamed up with photographer, Jen Pritchett to create the unusual family portraits that received a huge response when it was posted online. “I am extremely passionate about normalising breastfeeding in general and in the black community specifically. My daughter and […]

11 years ago

“It takes a village to raise a child.” When I first had a baby a couple of years ago, I couldn’t get my head around asking for help. I was obsessed with getting ‘it’ right. As a result, I pushed myself way too much to do everything myself and (what a shock!) ended up getting […]

11 years ago

In a new issue aimed at Plus size women, Glamour magazine has partnered with Lane Bryant US plus size clothing giant. So far so good. However, they incurred the wrath of American comedian, Amy Schumer when they chose to include her among the ‘plus-size’ Women Who Inspire Us featuring the writer, comedian and actress alongside stars […]

11 years ago

Last week, photographer Abbie Rogers tweeted a hilarious snap from a recent newborn baby photo shoot that had gone awry.  That’s newborns for you, unpredictable divas when it comes to posing for cameras. Rogers story inspired us to gather our top 10 times when newborns in some cases quite literally sh*t all over their parents’ […]

11 years ago

There’s nothing like a kid at a wedding or any social gathering for that matter – in my experience the addition of a kid or two even greatly improves a funeral. They just bring an added sense of mayhem and unpredictability that will ALWAYS lighten the mood. Take this little guy charged with acting as ring […]

11 years ago

The high street has radically upped its game in the last few years when it comes to larger sizes and this season’s Summer offerings are better than ever. One of my main bugbears with the mainstream plus size industry has always been the apparent refusal to use models who are in fact remotely plus! It […]

11 years ago

Toddlers are crafty little beings. My one is currently trying to escape the cot so often that every now and then a teeny, tiny part of me can’t help but wonder if it would be frowned upon to fashion a lid for the cot? When I say this out loud it doesn’t sound great, does […]

11 years ago

So in the early days of parenthood I did it all wrong. There I was asking my mother and her friends and other random people I knew in real life how to raise my child, like a tool. At the time, I didn’t understand where all the parents were gleaning their info from. I’d whip […]

11 years ago

According to New York, this is the cocktail of the Summer. And as we all know when New York speaks, the world listens. Frequenters of the Loopy Doopy Rooftop Bar at the New York Conrad have been sampling the taste of Summer – a glass of Prosecco with an ice pop thrown in. The cocktail, […]

11 years ago

Well, this is a depressing ‘breakthrough’… Meteorologist, Lauren Jones, who has been steadily gaining weight as is to be expected for a woman who is growing a new human inside her, this week celebrated her first week free from body-shaming since her pregnancy began. The mum-to-be is 31 weeks pregnant and still getting dressed in […]

11 years ago

One of the key new accessories that every new mum needs is a nice nappy bag. This is the bag that you will lug around with you everywhere for a good two years so treat yourself to one you like.  Personally, I didn’t fancy any of the nappy-specific bags in the baby shops and found […]

11 years ago

Our fave high street store, H&M, have (at long last!) launched the Irish online store. The new store means that along with an even bigger variety of clothes, sizes, childrenswear and special ranges such as the covetable Trend line, there will also be year-round ‘online only’ exclusives to keep an eye out for. The best […]

11 years ago

We all love our kids more than anything in the world, but for one day of the year it’s nice to have a little sneaky revenge on their never sleeping, constant screaming of our names, refusal to eat whatever it is that is on offer until it is taken away and no longer available. That […]

11 years ago

Irish man, Nicky Leonard Beard (32) and his Kiwi husband David Beard (41) are trapped in a standoff with a Mexican adoption agency after the births of their three babies, Lachlan, Kelly and Blake by two surrogate mothers. Mexico has recently tightened its surrogacy laws and the couple who are based in Auckland are among […]

11 years ago

I’m an embarrassment to myself quite a lot of the time. And no more so than when I’m being a narcissistic, totally lacking in self-awareness D4 posho. There’ll I’ll be mid-passive aggressive moan at The Man along the lines of “Who finished all the 85% dark chocolate, you know I can’t eat a lower percentage […]

11 years ago

Amy Huberman turned 37 this week and celebrated with a romantic getaway with husband, Brian O’Driscoll at Seafield Spa Resort in Wexford. In a cute snap taken in the restaurant of the hotel, Amy poses wearing one of her kids’ nappies with the caption: “Thanks for the birthday wishes guys. Gosh I’m growing up so […]

11 years ago

The predictive text blunder is a gaff we all know far too well.  One primary school, when inviting their students parents to join in their Easter festivities, made the mistake of pressing send on a group message without casting the eye over the message first. “Please join us for refreshments afterwards and if we can […]

11 years ago

Mum of tragic toddler Tyler Joyce, who died last weekend after an accident at Ashington Park near Dublin’s Royal Canal has spoken out about the heartbreaking loss. Speaking to the Irish Independent, Pamela Joyce paid tribute to her 3-year-old son who she described as “always so happy” and “brought joy to everyone”. “His favourite song was […]

11 years ago

Artist, Soosh has created a beautiful and playful illustration series that celebrates the relationship between dads and their daughters, and frankly they’re making us totes emosh… • hoola hoop • i told her it wouldn’t work… she said: “papa, please!” little bug is still giggling! #bysoosh #illustrator #illustration #topcreator #drawing #sketch #sketching #sketcheveryday #watercolor #watercolorsketch […]

11 years ago

As the cheerful (read mildly insane due to prolonged sleep-deprivation) parent of a non-sleeper, for the past two years, I have attempted to stick rigidly to a bedtime routine more convoluted and detailed than NASA’s procedures for landing spacecraft on the moon in a bid to put The Child to bed. My efforts in this […]

11 years ago

The quest for the perfect baby name can be an arduous one. Between trying to agree on something with your co-parent, trying to make sure the name can’t be abbreviated to rhyme with a swear word and trying not to lash out at the next person who says “Ambrose? I HATE the name Ambrose” – […]

11 years ago

Robert De Niro, actor and co-founder of the Tribecca Film Festival, came under attack this weekend for his decision to premiere a controversial film, Vaxxed: from Cover-Up to Catastrophe in the forthcoming festival. De Niro, who’s child has autism, said in a statement that he hoped the inclusion of the film by Andrew Wakefield would open […]

11 years ago

Anyone who read Jojo Moyles best-welling ahem, best-selling novel Me Before You will likely be in tears before this trailer is even finished.  Full disclosure: The night I finished the book I was so beside myself that I had to wake The Man up to comfort me, which he loved natch. The film of Moyles’ […]

11 years ago

I’m always vowing to never bring The Child on a long car journey again… until I invariably forget this vital mantra and find myself 3 hours deep in a 7 hour car journey to the Granny’s house, developing late-onset scoliosis from being permanently turned around, performing a sock puppet show to try and placate the […]

11 years ago

What if I told you that The Man has never kissed my bump a la the above picture BUT that I have still had my bump kissed in public? What if I told you that it was at a school reunion in fact, by a man I hadn’t seen in 10 years and who, prior […]

11 years ago

There is no shortage of incredibly prescriptive instructions out there pertaining to the dos and don’ts of gestating. Everything from booze to trampolines to luncheon meats to recreational drugs is verboten to the Incubator. And obviously, for the most part, these guidelines are in place for very good reason. Sometimes though despite the very sensible […]

11 years ago

If you ever see me out and about you will recognise my gait as the posture of a woman being slowly and systematically beaten down by a domineering tyrant. Also known as The Child. I shuffle forward, lugging my clapped out old body, stooped from so many horsey rides. My fingers are gnarled and claw-like […]

11 years ago

Some days being a parent is the most spiritually satisfying event to have ever taken place in your whole goddamn life. And sometimes you just want to take a nap. I feel you. Disclaimer: I wrote this piece with a toddler hangover – the morning after the kind of all-nighter that mainly involves futile pleading […]

11 years ago

The #GlobalGreening is proving to be a lovely old ego rub for the Irish nation today. Twitter snaps from around the world are celebrating the world’s most famous landmarks getting into the St. Patrick’s Day spirit. Here’re our top 10 green landmarks in honour of St. Patrick’s Day: 1. The Tower of Pisa, Italy La […]

11 years ago

To celebrate St Patrick’s Day dad, Alan Lawrence, the cheeky chap behind That Dad Blog, gave his son a fairly epic leprechaun make-over. Six-month-old Rockwell sports a ginger beard; green get up and a top hat for a series of hilarious photos. He’s a little Lepre-cuty. Over the course of the week, Alan has chronicled […]

11 years ago

When a Cantonese mother posted a clip of her method for calming a toddler tanty in under 20 SECONDS on her Facebook page less than a week ago, she couldn’t have guessed that the Internet would sit up and take note. The clip has since been viewed 1.7 million times and has received 27 thousand […]

11 years ago

Bernie Squitieri, a 51-year-old Missouri man, dodged death-by-enraged-wife after he THREW OUT her engagement ring worth $400,000. via GIPHY He explained to ABC News that his wife had left the ring on a piece of kitchen paper on the counter, which he then snatched up in a hurry to add to the rubbish when he […]

11 years ago

TV magician, Paul Daniels’ family announced in February that he had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and at the beginning of March, he returned home to spend his last days surrounded by his family. They were uncertain how long Daniels had to live and sadly it transpired it was not more than a couple […]

11 years ago