Struggling to be upbeat after yesterday’s Brexit / Article 50 triggering / news onslaught on top of general terrible news / everything from America / everything in general / it’s too much / make it stop / someone, please? It’s not just you. I thought: Head in the sand, there would be no triggering. Instead, the…
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20 Tips For Second Time Mums
Read moreHere Are 20 Tips For Second Time Mums Here are 20 tips for second time mums…What is the best and most useful advice for second-time mums, and mums of two? It struck me after writing advice for my friend the first-time mum that second-time mums probably need it more; especially when the main type of comment…
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Five Reasons I Won’t Miss The Baby Days
Read moreFive Reasons I Won’t Miss The Baby Days… It’s All Change Here: No More Babies Why I won’t miss the baby days…Since one mini member of our household started school and the other moved up to the toddler room at nursery, it seems like we are firmly out of the baby days. There are no…
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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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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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Nine alternative ways to protest (when you’re a parent of small children)
Read moreWhat are the best ways to protest when you’re a parent of small children, and can’t go to a protest march? I’ve been thinking about this a lot this week, for all the obvious reasons, mainly while I was trapped under a sleeping toddler and couldn’t even go to the kitchen (again). Like most people I…
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