What does it take to be authentic and genuine? It’s not just a matter of being yourself, sometimes things find you that resonate and make you reconsider not just who you are, but what you think and feel and say, and write. And of course what you do. Bangladesh is one of those rare [...] Read more »

On the outside looking in to a community session for Mums about nutrition. And on the inside, this is what is under discussion today. A crowd of Mums and small children gather around the healthworker to learn about a balanced diet. This is such a clever way to demonstrate it – the food groups [...] Read more »

We flew out from Heathrow yesterday and made a short stop over at Dohar – the heat was immense when we got off the plane. As we prepared for the transfer, the countdown was on, we were just another six hours or so from arriving in Dhaka. And I nearly left my passport [...] Read more »

It’s only now that I’ve checked in for my flight online that this trip now exists in the real world. Ostensibly it’s been lived out online so far with more of blizzard than a flurry of tweets and blogs for the last few weeks. I’ve spent a lot of it researching Bangladesh and [...] Read more »

Is it a curious novelty to send three Mums to Bangladesh to blog about their odyssey or a stroke of genius? Only time will tell about but already the signs are looking hopeful that change is afoot. Will we help hit the magic 100,000 names on the Save the Children petition? [...] Read more »

Every day the power of blogging and twitter and social media is questioned. And so it should be, for where would we be without answers? ‘Why do you blog?’ ‘What’s the point of twitter?’ ‘Who actually cares?’ ‘What’s the point?’ I say actions speak louder than words, why waste time on theory when we already [...] Read more »

There seems to be a lot of controversy around the subject of being paid to blog or taking money from brands to create content. How did this ever happen? I may have jokingly referred to Mummy bloggers as BUMs on Radio 4 Woman’s Hour last week but I felt that the Blogging Unpaid [...] Read more »

Yesterday was a big day for Mummy Bloggers – several of us got a shout out and interview on Radio 4 Womans Hour. That’s a big deal. Mombloggersclub was on twitter last night exclaiming that Mum Bloggers must be in the news as the site suddenly had a load of traffic – so [...] Read more »

I’m here at the 11:00 – 11:50 Content Session on What makes a great blog post? Jennifer Howze is talking about what you need to do to be a good blogger. She says it’s not just about content; it’s about getting involved and that the readers tend to be searingly honest in their criticism. Next [...] Read more »

I’m adding this photo to the Gallery this week because it’s a picture I took of the spitting, snarling camels that we rode across the Sahara last year. They’re funny creatures; they rock you into a mesmerised state as you plod across the desert. You can see for miles and miles and after [...] Read more »

I’m really looking forward to Cybermummy next month as I’ll get another chance to meet up with all the fab bloggers who have one thing in mind; having a natter and a gossip learning how to do it better. What’s really important about this event is that hardworking Mummy (and Daddy bloggers) will be travelling [...] Read more »

Oh wow – essentials magazine has had a social media make over and that’s pretty cool in my book oops I mean blog – better still, it’s an open invitation to join in. This magazine wants everyone single one of us lovely ladies to get involved and is calling on all of you real women [...] Read more »