Dexter turns three next month and was still super attached to his dummies. Dexter has had a dummy since he was around two weeks old and it’s been a very successful sleep aid.

There’s nothing better when the weekend arrives and we get to have some uninterrupted family time, and with the warmer weather starting to take hold – give or take the occasional April shower – we’re fully enjoying heading out for the day and spending our free time making memories and enjoying each other’s company.

It was February half term last week so we decided we’d have a good go at potty training considering Dexter was not going to be in childcare and my husband was off work too to support me in this journey.

In October, I put Dexter down for a nap and he used his arms to vault onto the cot bars, before swinging his legs over and landing on the floor with the perfect gymnastic finish. If he’d been a participant in the Olympics he would have received a score of 10.0.I was now faced with…

I have always been happier to stay indoors than to get out and about in the great outdoors, but of course all this had to change when we had children. When Dexter was born and up until the age of two, we lived in a flat in the city centre of Liverpool, so it was…

When I fell pregnant with Dexter, I was warned about all the things I was about to lose: my social life, a full night’s sleep, hot cups of tea and my sense of identity; Nicola? Who’s she? You’re Dexter’s Mummy now.