This time last year I wrote a post that broke my heart – in short, we lost my beloved, brilliant Daddy with the shortest of periods to say goodbye. Fast forward just 12 short months and with senseless symmetry we are faced with the same Big C battle once again.…
CF Family
Charting life, loves and potty training with two small boys and finding my way through parenting, without parents.
CF Family: baby names and following on traditions
It occurred to me when discussing baby names with one particularly pregnant friend last week, that the OH and I missed out on all that with Country Bebe. I loved hearing how she and her husband had pooled their ideas and researched the meaning of names and their heritage, then…
CF Family: Lily’s Kitchen cat nibbles and treats
I’m not quite sure why it’s taken me so long to blog about these two guys but I’m about to rectify it with a blog post dedicated to them, as the lovely PR for Lily’s Kitchen has just sent them over a care package. More of which later, but at…
CF Family: gNappies – an autumn trend for small bums
I have well documented my love of plaid this season, so imagine my delight when I received this image: Plaid – for smalls! Country Bebe wore gNappies, with much success, for his first year or so. For those not entirely happy with the idea that each disposable they toss into…
CF Family: Country Bebe’s nursery kit
This weekend heralded CB’s 2nd birthday (Duplo, Duplo and a toy hoover – he was in heaven) and with it came the day all parents dread. His first day at nursery. These first two years have whipped by in a blink of an eye. One minute you’re breastfeeding a tiny,…
CF Family: proper little boys’ flannel pyjamas
After my autumnal wardrobe splurge, next in line is Country Bebe. You can keep your frilly dresses and cute hair ribbons, the main sartorial perk of being a Mother Of Boys (MOB) is that you get to give them side partings each night when they are bath-fresh, then put them…
CF Weekend: a tale of two weather fronts
I was secretly chuffed to bits that it was freezing cold on Friday night as it gave us the excuse to fire up our new woodburner for the first time. Here is the OH, channeling his inner caveman (what is it with men and fire building?!). The stove itself is…
Little Titans – tights for boys
Dear Mothers of Boys (MOB) – I have the answer to all your prayers. Tights, for boys. Is there a little tiny whirlwind in your life that flings socks, whizzing past your ear, from the backseat of your car? Do they turn up in your pocket in the middle of…
CF musings on: Being a young mum
A bit of a ‘brain dump’ of a post, but here it goes. It’s really shocked me that, since giving birth to Country Bebe, I’ve been classed as a ‘young mum’. In fact it started waaaay before the little guy even arrived. Heavily pregnant, on the tube (standing of course,…
Priorities
I was going to write you all a rambling post about the madness that is: rennovating a home, starting a new business, growing countryfille.com and being a mother but instead I will leave you with this: The lack of posts has been namely due to this little feverish face being…
A brief update from my deathbed
Okay, sick bed. Country Bebe and I have been struck down hard with a cold (him) sinusitis/fever/headache (me). So sorry, the posts are going to be slooooow this week. I thought I’d do a quick pictorial update from the weekend: Clockwise from top left: The cupcakes were a triumph. They…
gNappies: an autumal update
How great are these new designs from gNappies? I wrote a full review of the gNappy back in May and I still stand by it’s glowing appraisal five months on. I *love* this brand of eco, hybrid nappies (so much so it is our inaugural ‘brand of the month’ feature…