Meet Uju of http://babesabouttown

Uju has already created a real buzz and following on the Lazy Daisy® site with her sparky posts (such as Is Parenthood the Death of Cool?) as she writes and reflects on life as a mum to two boys!

We knew therefore, that her interview with our resident presenter and fellow mum Sophie would be really fun and it does not disappoint!

In this interview you will hear Uju talk about cool parents, the need for a sense of humour, the support she received post baby and about her own birth.

And her family anthem - it brought a lump to our throats as we revisited a poignant and super cool track!

This week Penny explores Raising Girls .....

Follow on from last week's blog Male bonding

It was bedtime last week,  I stood bemused in the kitchen as my 3yo son lobbed the empty beaker he'd asked me to fill with milk, across the kitchen. My husband was reasoning through gritted teeth with our 5yo daughter who was getting closer to tears by the sentence.

'Swap?' said my husband.

Last week I mentioned I read a book about Raising Boys, by Steven Biddulph,

it's a fascinating read that helped me to prepare to raise a boy. So this week I'm reflecting on how to raise happy boys.  It's the girl's turn next week.

For me, I think the difference in girls and boys first hit me when my mother in law commented on my baby boy's need for closeness.  He would wind his fingers in my hair, sneak his head under my cardigan, push his toes in my pockets.  It was, my mother in law said, just as my husband had been as a baby, 'as if he wanted to be back in the womb'.

Now aged 3, throughout the day at regular intervals, he will come and find me, clamber on me or cuddle me, in order to charge his emotional batteries. Last weekend I returned from a weekend away, and while my daughter proceeded to bamboozle me with chat, my son jumped on me, gave me the hugest cuddle and once I had collapsed onto the sofa, attempted to put both his feet up my jumper and pull it over his body like a duvet.