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It?s a good question, and you?d think, as a woman, I?d be perfectly placed to answer it. Unfortunately not. It seems that actually, most women haven?t a clue.
Some days I want to conquer the world, work in a stressful high-paid job, wear skyscraper heels and sleep my way around the world. Other days I want to stay in my pyjamas, lie on the sofa under a duvet with the curtains closed, and watch back to back Golden Girls. It can be pretty confusing. I blame the hormones.
I have similarly eclectic …

Little Croc’s Purse by Lizzie Finlay
One hot day, Little Croc finds a lost purse.
“Finders keepers! tease his friends, imagining a treat of lemonade and a lovely cool swim.
But Little Croc is determined to find the purse’s owner…
Will his honesty be rewarded? Or will he be tempted to spend the money inside?
Littlemummy: A cute story promoting the ‘spending, sharing, saving’ ethos. Good for parent’s trying to teach kid’s about pocket money.
Erin: “I liked the purse and the money. I like money because you can spend …

I’m chilling back this afternoon, I bought a couple of final christmas presents online and bought the christmas paraphernalia (extra decorations, wrapping paper, ribbon, tags..). I’m hoping that I can now relax(!) and enjoy December, wrapping, decorating and doing crafts
Before I head off to dig the christmas tree out, I wanted to give you one little christmas present idea. My sister in law bought me Snow Flower and the Secret Fan a while back, it sat in my draw getting dusty, you know, one of those …

I was fortunate enough to receive a big pile of books from Hill and Knowlton a couple of weeks ago. I decided not to give them to Erin all at once but to spread them out over the summer (read: keep them as a secret stash for when I want half an hour to blog!), the first one doled out was Kipper’s Rainy Day, I should mention that all the books are from the Kipper series and were given in connection with Fairy’s “Make Story Time Special” initiative.
I have …

I’ve been sent a few copies of Harper Collins The Brilliant Book of Baby Names. At £6.99 this book is choc full of name suggestions, no less than 592 pages of them!
The introduction includes a ten tip guide to choosing your baby’s name and a simple ‘how to use this book section. It is nicely laid out in alphabetical order, girls names first followed by boys. Each name includes a brief meaning along will several derivative names, everyone likes to be original these days so that part …

I finally got around to reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last week, it took me about five days, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact I got to the last few chapters and felt an odd sense of sorrow that it was all about to end, seven books, thousands of pages, no new harry potter’s to look forward to.
This one was very different as there was very little about Hogwarts, and if I’m to be ultra critical the middle part of the story wasn’t as packed with …

I have mentioned my love of the Usborne Touch & Feel books before.
That’s Not My Snowman is the most recent title to have caught my eye and has expanded our collection to about seven books. Like the others the book includes a touchy feely spot on each page that demonstrates a different texture. Erin still loves these books! A great and cheap gift for a toddler.

You Want To Do What?: Instant answers to your parenting dilemmas is written by Karen Sullivan and is aimed at parents with children between ages 8-18.
I have written a series of short discursive posts based on the book and the following topics;
Abortion
Babysitting
Clothing Allowances
Criminal Responsibility
ADHD
Morals
The books covers a lot of topics, which range from babysitting to bedtimes, exercise to ear-piercing, the index really is quite exhaustive to anything you may be faced with as a parenting. Most of the topics are covered in a balanced and widely acceptable …

Paula (a fellow british parent blogger and sponsor of littlemummy.com) sent us a sample barefoot book called ‘Bear About Town‘.
The first thing I noticed about the book was the vibrant colours, the cover is green, orange and pink, and they aren’t sickly shades, they look natural, which fits with the barefoot ethos. The books are designed to present “strong artwork”, “strong stories”, and be “multi-cultural in the best way”. You can see from the other titles at barefoot especially for the older kids that they stick to …

Just a quick post to let you know I completed the above titled book. I’ve been reading a lot of non-fiction recently and this was a welcome change of pace. As good as the previous shopaholic instalments, it covers the story of Becky Bloomwood pregnant and ready for life as a mother, many twists, turns and ‘laugh out louds’ later the story ends happily (as always). This is a coffee and slice of cake read…you know, that twice yearly event when you miraculously get five minutes to …