potty training dos donts

Potty Training hints and tips

When I found out I was expecting a second baby Athena was about 13 months old and I naively thought that I would have her potty trained before her new…

Why can’t I shout about my blog?

I’ve been writing Belle du Brighton for six years. Before that I wrote on Livejournal and prior to that on Diaryland; both sadly now long lost in the cyberspace black hole.…

Europe loves Lingerie

Since getting pregnant and having two kids in a fairly short space of time my underwear drawer is not a particularly exciting place any longer, and no I am not…

McDonald’s #HelloGoodtimes Family Days

On Saturday the kids and I headed up to Queens Park in Brighton the day for the McDonald’s Activity Day. These are being held by McDonald’s at locations all over…

The Family Album from Illustries [ended]

If you’ve just got the one child then it is fairly likely that their baby book is filled out completely, if you’ve got two or more then there is a…

Review: Name It Labels

I am a bad nursery mum, I think the only thing Athena has with her name on is her backpack, and that’s because it was embroidered on especially! Nothing I…

slow-cooker

Smart guide to Slow Cookers & win £50 John Lewis Voucher [ended]

My slow cooker gets used far more than my regular oven these days so I thought a guide to slow cookers would benefit people who assume they’re old fashioned! So without…

me and mine

Me & Mine – April 2016

We’ve managed to spend a fair bit of time together this month, between work shifts and other commitments I was quite impressed when I thought back over the month! We…

What #MakesmeME?

Advertorial – written by myself in association with Nectar.   What makes you YOU? Ponder it for a bit, it’s quite hard to pick a few things let alone the…

Reminiscing: Old School Tech

I enjoy a bit of reminiscing about the past, I love it when a buzzfeed quiz pops up in my timeline that brings back memories of school and my early…