Diary of an (ex)London mum

Baby had been relatively easy with vegetables up until about 2 or 3 months ago when he started to refuse anything that looked like veg.  I was slightly upset to start but has since read that this is quite normal and that children do go through phases of being not too fussy about food and then becoming quite picky.  A colleague at work had also warned that this was something to look forward to.  There is research to suggest that this might have something to do with the development of taste buds and/or the immune system; there are suggestions that it might be the remnant of a survival instinct as certain tastes and colours/shapes may be associated with danger. Whatever the reasons, I believe that making too much of a deal about it could put Baby off vegetables for good so have kept my disappointment pretty low key.  What Ihave found that the pickiness is less profound when he is genuinely hungry e.g. when we have a meal after he has been playing outside.  This le...

It is something that is discussed in most  households, especially between couples with young children. To stay sane while coping with kids and working full time, one needs a system. I wonder how  many people follow their plans. We certainly don't really follow ours.  Partly it's due to a difference  in personalities. I want things done now; my other half likes to take the considered approach and get things done right. There is virtue in every method; you just need to agree to differ. Recently we decided to put our original plan of taking turns with cooking into action,  We had agreed on this since I returned to work but had never actually stuck to a system.  I ended up doing the bulk of the cooking but that meant I didn't spend as much time with Baby after nursery/preschool as my husband.  There was also a big divide in what we cooked because of this skewed division of cooking duties.  I  never prepare anything spectacular because ...