Life, Love and Dirty Dishes delivers award winning funny tales from the parenting front line delivered with humour and heart. We're all in this together.
Life as we know it is never the same!
The moment you announce you are expecting a child people start to give you little warnings about the things you can’t do when you are a parent. “Get some sleep now because you won’t have any for the next 18 years” Said with a hearty gafaw. But most of the warnings revolve around sleep and […] Read more…
Since becoming a parent I have spent a lot of time becoming acquainted with the floors of my house. Prior to kids, I very rarely found myself on the floor. Maybe one or two times, when over indulging in alcohol led me to believe that the wood floor was the most comfortable of places to […] Read more…
Romantic gestures like a weekend away are a thing of the past. A distant memory from long ago in a life before children. The husband is more likely to bring home a bottle of nit shampoo than he is a bottle of bubbly. But romance is not dead. It’s just different. The best […] Read more…
I am 37 years old. Thirty-seven years six months and eleven days to be precise. Firmly in my thirties. My eldest child is about to enter year two at school and the little one is nearly past the nappies stage. The baby days have come to an end. This leaves me feeling older and a million […] Read more…
I do enjoy a nice mooch around the shops. But sadly I have learnt from experience that small children and ‘mooching’ do not mix. In fact Mooching and small children have much the same relationship as small children and white carpet. The two should never meet. So here’s my top 5 reasons why you should shop […] Read more…
When we announced our pregnancy with our firstborn my Dad gave us some very good advice. Do any decorating and home improvements before the baby comes, because after the baby comes you will not have the time, the money, or the inclination. My Dad was right. And we did follow his advice. So much so […] Read more…
I always knew that becoming a parent would require a whole load of skills that I wasn’t very practised in. Doing things with one hand for starters. I was entering a brand new world with a new job title, new jargon, new colleagues and a new office space. What I hadn’t realised was that […] Read more…
People say that romance is difficult after kids. I would actually argue that due to a significant drop in both standards and expectations, romance after the children come along, is actually easier. Romance Before Kids – The pressure was on to be spontaneous. The element of surprise was key. Being whisked away for a surprise […] Read more…
Universal fact: Small people come with a lot of crap. Wherever you go,the small people go, and therefore their crap. But packing for a family holiday? You need a week off just to pack the crap. Remember when you used to fill a whole suitcase with your own stuff? All the clothes that you bought […] Read more…
So first the given, I love my kids, my life is better with them, I wouldn’t change it for the world and blah blah blah. All very true. BUT… There are a few things from my life before children that I miss because they were, well, easier. 1 Going to the bathroom alone […] Read more…
We have attended three weddings this year with our children, two of them have involved a few nights away in a hotel. As much as I love a good wedding, attending them with your children is an entirely different experience to attending them in my life before children. There are debates raging on mumsnet as […] Read more…