Velcro?

Well yes, I've come to the conclusion that Mr Velcro could learn a thing or two from me. I seem to have at least one child attached to me at any given moment during the day (and night, if I'm really lucky!) I've made a conscious decision to allow my children as much access to me as they feel they need, and I'm completely happy with this choice, even when they're hanging off my ankles while I'm in the loo!

I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to blog about although I'm fairly sure I'll mention the kids a lot, so I suppose I'll start by introducing them and me.

I live in Sarf London with my lovely husband and two funny children, I have vague dreams of having chickens and rabbits roaming around the place, but as we live in a teeny Victorian terrace, we've settled for the odd visiting neighbourhood cat, fox and giant rats!

Our daughter is 3 going on 13, her current interests include glitter, pink, princesses and cats. I had noble intentions when she was born of never buying her anything pink and instilling feminist ideals in her from the off. However, I neglected to account for the switch that seems to be implanted in every toddler girl and gets flicked around their 3rd birthday, she went from playing with shape sorters and puzzles to pink and fluffy overnight. We've decided to embrace the pinkness, she likes it, it keeps her happy and we get a quiet life. Besides, she still loves climbing, jumping in puddles and rolling around in the mud, so I'm hopeful it won't be princesses and ponies forever more!

Our little boy is 1, he mainly spends his day eating inappropriate objects, drinking "Mik" and sitting in a sling. He's a very different soul to his independent sister, he loves cuddles and is very sociable and smiley but prefers to stay close to us rather than attempting to climb trees with his sister. Slings have proved very useful in parenting him and he's at his happiest when wrapped in some fabric and tied to an adult. This has led to me becoming a sling agent for Petit Poppet (www.petitpoppet.co.uk), I'm such a sling enthusiast it seemed like a natural step to be able to introduce others to the wonderful world of babywearing!