I love flowers – who doesn’t?! – but I’m pretty clueless about them beyond sticking them in a vase and hoping for the best. I’m quietly envious of people who have magical floral ways and can do things to make them look fabulous. So I was intrigued to go along to an M&S Mother’s Day…
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12 Pieces Of Advice For New Mums You NEED To Know
Read moreHere Are 12 Pieces Of Advice For New Mums To Know Aka What I Wish People Had Told Me When I Had A Baby! Here are 12 pieces of advice for new mums…aka what I wish people had told me when I had a baby. Because a couple of my friends are having babies, which…
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Five things from the weekend
Read moreThings have been mildly quiet around here lately (no real reason why, just mainly the post-half-term-catch-up and general life-stuff-stuff). So here’s a mini update of five things we’ve been getting up to lately: One: Mainly wearing hats it seems (F’s is way better!) and laughing into the middle distance, I can’t remember why. We had…
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Thanks for the Miffy memories
Read moreI was really sad to read about the death of Dick Bruna, creator of the Miffy books. He’d written and illustrated 124 books over 60 years, including 32 Miffy books, which are now published in more than 50 languages and have sold over 85 million copies worldwide. The books are a testament to the power…
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Our Six Favourite Apps For Kids
Read moreSix Of Our Favourite Apps For Kids What are your favourite apps for kids, or your children’s favourite apps? Like most parents, I have a bit of an up and down relationship with my children’s relationships with screentime, iPad use and apps and the like. Screentime And Kids – A Force For Good I firmly…
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What’s The Going Rate For The Tooth Fairy?
Read moreA Question Parents Need To Know The Answer To – The Going Rate For The Tooth Fairy A question I found myself Googling just before Christmas: what’s the going rate for the tooth fairy? Along with when should children’s baby teeth start to fall out? And is four too early to lose teeth? (And the…
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There’s no ‘right’ way to be pregnant
Read moreBeyoncé is pregnant, with twins! Finally, some happy news in this horrible news season. She announced it on Instagram with a glorious photo that was brilliant and ever-so-slightly bonkers, in the best way. I’m sure you’ve seen it, along with millions of other people. Lovely, right? But wait, what’s that? ‘Hey Beyonce, as a mum of…